CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 179

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2017

RE: S.B. No. 26

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 26, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY FOR HAWAII COUNTY,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds as a subsidy to the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney for the Hawaii County Career Criminal Prosecution Unit.

Your Committee on Conference finds that supporting a strong and effective prosecutor's office is vital to protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the public. It has long been a recognized problem that a relatively small number of repeat criminals, or "career criminals", commit a disproportionate number of the serious crimes against the public. For that reason, the Legislature created the career criminal prosecution program in 1979. This program has been effective in assisting prosecutors' offices in the counties in delivering swift and effective justice. Accordingly, it is important to continue to provide funding to the Hawaii County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney for its Career Criminal Prosecution Unit to continue to protect the public from these dangerous career criminals.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting an appropriation amount of $150,000 for the Hawaii County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney for its Career Criminal Prosecution Unit; and

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2017.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 26, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 26, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO Co-Chair	____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA Chair
____________________________ TY J.K. CULLEN Co-Chair	____________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM Co-Chair
	____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE Co-Chair