STAND. COM. REP. NO.  128

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 477

      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.B. No. 477 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate $200,000 to the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Hawaii for the Career Criminal Prosecution Unit, including for the hiring of necessary staff.

The Department of the Attorney General, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Hawaii, City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, and one individual testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the amount of the appropriation to an unspecified amount; and

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage 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. 477, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 477, 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