STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1654-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2569

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2569, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE COMMUNITY COURT OUTREACH PROJECT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to address nonviolent offenses that overburden the court system and reduce crime and recidivism by establishing the Community Court Outreach Project to be administered and operated by The Judiciary in the City and County of Honolulu to offer combined accountability and treatment options to offenders through a mobile justice system.

 

     The Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness, The Judiciary, Department of Public Safety, City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, and Office of the Public Defender testified in support of this measure.  

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2569, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair