STAND. COM. REP. NO. 343

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 947

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 947 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAII CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA CENTER FEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center to establish certain fees through the administrative rules process by removing existing fees from statute.

The Department of the Attorney General and an individual testified in support of this measure. The Community Alliance on Prisons provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Specifying that the fees assessed must be reasonable and not constitute a barrier to justice; and

(2) Changing its effective date to January 28, 2081, 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. 947, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 947, 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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CHRIS LEE, Chair