REPORT TITLE:
Approp.; Domestic Violence


DESCRIPTION:
Appropriates funds for domestic violence victims support
services. (HB400 HD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D.1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SUPPORT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF
   DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

 


BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Domestic violence affects all citizens of Hawaii
 
 2 -- be they men, women, children, the elderly, or the ill and
 
 3 disabled.  Victims of domestic violence also become the victims
 
 4 of the law enforcement and judicial systems: having their needs
 
 5 largely ignored in the process of the reporting, investigating,
 
 6 enforcing, and adjudicating domestic violence cases.  Domestic
 
 7 violence victims would be greatly helped by:
 
 8      (1)  Improving the legal system -- including enforcing
 
 9           existing domestic violence laws, developing a formal
 
10           policy regarding restraining order violations, and
 
11           establishing guidelines for expeditious judicial
 
12           handling of domestic violence cases; and
 
13      (2)  Providing increased victim support services --
 
14           including training and retaining qualified personnel.
 
15      The purpose of this Act is to provide an improved legal
 
16 system and support services for victims of domestic violence.
 
17      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
18 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $1 or so much thereof
 

 
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 1 as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000 to provide for
 
 2 legal system improvements and domestic violence victim support
 
 3 services.  The sum appropriated shall be expended by the family
 
 4 court for the purposes of this Act.
 
 5      SECTION 3.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
 6 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $1 or so much thereof
 
 7 as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000 to provide for
 
 8 legal system improvements and domestic violence victim support
 
 9 services. The sum appropriated shall be expended by the
 
10 department of the attorney general for the purposes of this Act.
 
11      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.