STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1284

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1159
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs and Public
Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1159,
S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the 30 percent
maximum limit of the Compensation Special Fund that can be used
to fund operating expenses and positions of the Crime Victim
Compensation Commission (CVCC).

     Testimony in support of this bill was received from the
Crime Victim Compensation Commission and the Prosecuting Attorney
of the City and County of Honolulu.

     Your Committees find that the current expense ceiling set at
30 percent of the total special fund balance significantly
hampers the operation of the CVCC.

     Your Committees have amended the measure by:

     (1)  Adding a provision requiring CVCC to appoint, not
          subject to chapters 76 and 77, an administrator; 

     (2)  Repealing the sunset provision; and


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

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs and Public Safety
and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your
Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
1159, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1159, S.D.
1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Judiciary and
                                   Hawaiian Affairs and Public
                                   Safety and Military Affairs,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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NESTOR GARCIA, Chair               PAUL T. OSHIRO, Chair