STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2563

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2179

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2179 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu for the career criminal prosecution unit.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu and Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Hawai‘i.

 

     Your Committee finds that a disproportionate number of serious crimes against the public are committed by a relatively small number of multiple and repeat-felony offenders, commonly known as "career criminals".  Your Committee further finds that by their nature, career criminal prosecution cases are often labor intensive and require experienced and well-trained deputy prosecutors.  This measure appropriates funds to staff the career criminal prosecution unit so that the prosecution of career criminals can be more effectively pursued.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting an appropriation amount of $350,000 for FY 2020-2021 for a grant-in-aid to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu for the career criminal prosecution unit.

 

     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. 2179, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2179, S.D. 1, 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