STAND. COM. REP. NO.  818

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 414

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 414 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE COUNTY OF KAUAI OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the Career Criminal Prosecution Unit and Victim Witness Assistance Program for the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Kauai.

The Attorney General, Crime Victim Compensation Commission, County of Kauai Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, County of Maui Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, County of Hawaii Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, and a concerned individual provided testimony in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended the measure by:

     (1)  Changing the appropriations for the Career Criminal Prosecution Unit and Victim Witness Assistance Program for the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Kauai to unspecified amounts;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to allow for further discussion; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 414, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 414, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair