STAND. COM. REP. NO. 170

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                   

 

RE:     S.B. No. 288

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 288 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for the Department of the Attorney General.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of the Attorney General.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure provides a legislative vehicle should funding become available for the purposes of this measure prior to the end of the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium.  Your Committee's intent in recommending this measure for passage is for the adjustments expressed to be incorporated into the General Appropriations Act of 2019 or other appropriate legislative vehicle or to be adopted separately.  As such, your Committee requests your Committee on Ways and Means to incorporate the adjustments expressed by this measure into the appropriate legislative vehicle or amend this measure to include any provisions necessary to effectuate its purpose and intent.

 

     Your Committee notes the testimony of the Department of the Attorney General requesting $83,197,833 in funding for fiscal year 2019-2020 for programs ATG100 and ATG231, comprising 470.33 permanent positions and 66.72 temporary positions, and $82,939,033 in funding for fiscal year 2020-2021 for programs ATG100 and ATF231, comprising 469.78 permanent positions and 66.72 temporary positions.

 

     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. 288 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

 

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair