CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 119

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

RE:    H.B. No. 158

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 158, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF THE COUNTY OF MAUI,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Maui for the prosecution of cases under the Drug Court and Mental Health Court Programs.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure to:

(1)  Appropriate $150,000 as a grant-in-aid to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Maui to prosecute cases in both the Drug Court and Mental Health Court for fiscal year 2015-2016;

(2)  Take effect on July 1, 2015; and

(3)  Make technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 158, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 158, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

_______________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair	_________________________________ JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA, Co-Chair
_______________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Co-Chair	_________________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair
_______________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Co-Chair