STAND. COM. REP. NO. 491

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 1352

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. 1352 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide additional funding for the operations of the Department of the Attorney General for fiscal biennium 2019-2021.

The Department of the Attorney General supported this measure. One individual opposed this measure. One individual provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Including the base operating budget for the Department of the Attorney General, specifically Program IDs ATG100 and ATG231 from H.B. No. 1278; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 1352, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1352, 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