STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 209-22
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2022
RE: H.B. No. 1462
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2022
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1462 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WITNESS FEES IN CRIMINAL CASES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee finds that on March 2, 2017, the Department of Budget and Finance decided to discontinue reimbursements of certain expert witness fees and create new rules about when witnesses would be reimbursed. After discussions with the Department of the Attorney General, the Governor reestablished the previous guidelines and procedures under the Governor's Administrative Directive No. 18-01. However, since a new Governor will be elected this year, your Committee believes that further statutory clarification regarding expert witness reimbursements may be necessary.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1462 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair |
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