STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2338

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 302

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 302, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PROBATION SERVICES SPECIAL FUND,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Require that the interstate transfer application fees collected from offenders who transfer their probation or parole supervision to the mainland be deposited into the probation services special fund rather than the general fund; and

 

     (2)  Allow the monies in the probation services special fund to be used to monitor and enforce compliance with terms of probation and other supervision and to support other duties and activities related to the supervision of defendants.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Judiciary.

 

     Your Committee finds that in 2008, the Legislature authorized the Judiciary and the Hawaii Paroling Authority to asses a fee for each application made by a parolee or probationer for a transfer out of the State to the mainland, and required that the fees collected be deposited into the general fund.  During that same year, the Legislature established a full-time position for an interstate coordinator to manage these transfer activities, but did not fund this position.  Although the interstate coordinator position was eventually funded and filled through monies from the probation services special fund, additional revenue is needed to support the cost of an interstate coordinator.  The interstate coordinator is an important position within the State's Interstate Compact Office because the coordinator oversees all interstate matters and serves as the primary contact for Hawaii probation and parole staff and mainland staff to ensure the accurate screening and timely processing of all transfer requests.  This measure allows interstate transfer fees to be deposited into the probation services special fund to help defray the costs of an interstate coordinator and other related expenses.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date from July 1, 2030, to upon its approval.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 302, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 302, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

 

 

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair