STAND. COM. REP. NO.  21-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 1516

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 1516 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ASSESSMENT OF THE INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN FEE AGAINST CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify the Legislature's intent that the Internet Crimes Against Children fee shall be assessed against every defendant who is convicted of a misdemeanor or felony regardless of the nature of the offense by moving the statute that established that fee and its corresponding special fund and administrative requirements from its own statutory chapter to a more appropriate placement within Chapter 706, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which relates to the disposition of convicted defendants.

The Department of the Attorney General and a concerned individual supported this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1516 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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DEE MORIKAWA, Chair