STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2772

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2088

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2088, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CAREER CRIMINAL PROSECUTION UNIT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu as a grant-in-aid for the Department's career criminal prosecution unit.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that the financial assistance provided by this measure will improve public safety by allowing the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu to continue its vigorous prosecution of career criminals, who commit a disproportionate number of serious crimes in the State.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation from $653,360 to an unspecified amount; and

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2088, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2088, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair