STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1016

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: S.B. No. 1286

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1286, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY FOR HAWAII COUNTY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney for Hawaii County for the Career Criminal Prosecution Unit.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Mayor of the County of Hawai‘i, two members of the Hawai‘i County Council, Hawai‘i Police Department, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Hawai‘i, and three individuals.

Your Committee finds that the Career Criminal Prosecution Unit was created due to a disproportionate amount of serious crimes that are committed against the public by a relatively small number of multiple and repeat felony offenders. This measure will help support the prosecution of these career criminals.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3021, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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 S.B. No. 1286, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1286, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair