STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3373

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2038

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2038, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to impose a human trafficking victim services fee upon individuals who are convicted of certain trafficking offenses and to establish a special fund for the fee.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from Hawaii Family Forum, Pacific Alliance to Stop Slavery, Hawaii Catholic Conference, Ho'ola Napua, IMUAlliance, and four individuals.  Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

 

     Your Committee finds that the creation of the special fund will make it possible for human trafficking victims to receive quality services for their recovery efforts.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Deleting an incorrect reference to chapter 853, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

 

(2)  Correcting and clarifying statutory terms and references used in the measure; and

 

(3)  Clarifying the order of priority of payments when a defendant is ordered to make payments in addition to the human trafficking victim services fee.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2038, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2038, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair