STAND. COM. REP. NO.  577

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 246

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 246 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to assist the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu accomplish their mission more effectively by appropriating funds for:

 

     (1)  The career criminal prosecution unit;

 

     (2)  Prosecution in drug court;

 

     (3)  Prosecution in Hawaii's opportunity probation with enforcement program; and

 

     (4)  The victim witness assistance program.

 

     The Honolulu Police Department, Downtown Neighborhood Board 13, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu supported this measure with amendments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 246 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair