STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3366
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.B. No. 1404
H.D. 1
S.D. 2
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1404, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII COUNTY OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys as a grant-in-aid for the Career Criminal Prosecution Unit in the County of Hawaii Office of the Prosecuting Attorney.
Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu.
Your Committee finds that the Career Criminal Prosecution Program was established in 1979 to support increased efforts by prosecuting attorneys' offices to prosecute career criminals through organizations and operational techniques proven effective in other states. This program was previously an annually funded program. Your Committee believes that money spent on Career Criminal Prosecution Units is an efficient use of public funds, as career criminals commit a disproportionate number of serious crimes against the public, and these Units are in the best position to provide swift justice and protect the public from career criminals.
Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2076, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1404, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1404, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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________________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair |
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