STAND. COM. REP. NO. 166

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1158
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No.
1158 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR COMPENSATION
     OF CRIME VICTIMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to
compensate crime victims awarded compensation during the period
from July 1, 1999, to June 30, 2000.

     Your Committee finds that the Crime Victim Compensation
Commission compensates certain victims of violent crimes for
their damages incurred, including compensation for cleaning of
the crime scene, clothing taken as evidence, loss of dependency,
lost earnings due to crime-related injuries, funeral and burial
expenses, moving expenses, counseling, medical care, and pain and
suffering.  Your Committee further finds that this appropriation
request is based on the compensation awards paid during the last
fiscal year.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Crime Victim Compensation Commission, the Department of the
Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu, and the
Sex Abuse Treatment Center.

     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 S.B. No.

 
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1158 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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



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                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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