STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1460

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.C.R. No. 131

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 131 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ESTABLISH A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY FORENSIC LABORATORIES IN THE STATE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request that the Department of the Attorney General establish a working group to study forensic laboratories in the state.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by adding that a member of the working group be from the Department of Transportation.

The Department of Transportation and the Department of the Attorney General testified in support of this measure.  The Honolulu Police Department 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 concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 131, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 131, H.D. 1.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair