STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1366

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   S.B. No. 469

      S.D. 2

      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 S.B. No. 469, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the operating and capital improvement costs of the Judicial Branch for fiscal year (FY) 2017-2018 and FY 2018-2019.

The Judiciary, Office of the Public Defender of the State of Hawaii, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Hawaii, Delivery of Legal Services to the Public Committee of the Hawaii State Bar Association, Hawaii State Bar Association, Kauai Bar Association, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, Maui County Bar Association, Mothers Against Drunk Driving Hawaii, Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii, and nine individuals testified in support of this measure.

     The Domestic Violence Action Center submitted comments on the measure.

Operating Budget

     The Judiciary submitted an operating budget that totaled:

FY 2018 FY 2019

General Funds                $165,282,683       $166,215,447

All Means of Financing       $177,923,330       $178,856,094

     Your Committee on Judiciary has amended this budget to appropriate:

FY 2018 FY 2019

General Funds                $162,896,777       $162,746,962

All Means of Financing       $175,537,424       $175,387,609

     Your Committee has authorized $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2017-2018 and $1,600,000 for fiscal year 2018-2019 in general obligation bonds for security improvements at Hoapili Hale on the island of Maui.

     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 S.B. No. 469, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 469, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair