STAND. COM. REP. NO. 216-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 1946

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1946 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CAREER CRIMINAL PROSECUTION PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds as a grant-in-aid to the County of Maui Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for the career criminal prosecution program.

The Department of the Attorney General, County of Maui Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, County of Kauai Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, County of Hawaii Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, County of Maui Office of the Mayor, and County of Maui Council Chair testified in support of this measure. One individual testified in opposition.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation amount from $43,119 to an unspecified amount; and

(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

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 H.B. No. 1946, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1946, 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