STAND. COM. REP. NO.618

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 709

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 709, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Appropriate funds to compensate crime victims, their families, or their service providers; and

(2) Require the Crime Victim Compensation Commission (CVCC) to submit a report on efforts to collect fees and status of the Crime Victim Compensation Special Fund to the Legislature prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2002.

The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu and CVCC 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 H.B. No. 709, 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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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair