STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2044

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2427
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No.
2427 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 make an appropriation for the
compensation of crime victims.

     Your Committee finds that the Crime Victim Compensation
Commission is the only state agency to compensate victims of
violent crime.  Your Committee believes that it is important for
the state to extend this helping hand to crime victims who might
otherwise be unable to pay medical bills or obtain counseling
related to the crime.  Your Committee notes that the Crime Victim
Compensation Commission is ultimately intended to be self-
funding.  However, until it fully reaches that goal, your
Committee believes that the financial assistance provided by this
bill is appropriate.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Crime Victim Compensation Commission, Child and Family Service,
and the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and
County of Honolulu.

     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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2427 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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