STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3531

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1770

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1770, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City

and County of Honolulu for its Career Criminal Prosecution Unit.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu; and Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai`i.

Your Committee finds that the funds appropriated by this measure will allow the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu to continue operating its Career Criminal Prosecution Unit at its current capacity and caseload.

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. 1770, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair