STAND. COM. REP. NO.  730

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 457

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 457, 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 help nonviolent offenders who face drug abuse and mental health challenges by establishing the Community Court Outreach Project with the coordinated efforts of the Judiciary, Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, and Public Defender in the City and County of Honolulu and appropriating funds to the Judiciary for the purposes of the Project.

 

     The Judiciary, Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, and a concerned individual supported 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 H.B. No. 457, 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