STAND. COM. REP. NO.  268

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 1198

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1198 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE HONOLULU FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu for the Honolulu Family Justice Center for the hiring of staff, risk assessment training, and evaluation services for victims, on a 1:1 matching basis with the City and County of Honolulu.

Ala Kuola and one individual submitted testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu and Family Violence & Sexual Assault Institute provided comments on this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1198 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair