STAND. COM. REP. 818

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1003

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1003, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to amend the Crime Victim Compensation Commission (Commission) law by:

(1) Requiring that restitution for victims who cannot be located to be deposited into the Crime Victim Compensation Fund;

(2) Allowing the Commission to transfer a minor's compensation to an appropriate agency or individual;

(3) Authorizing the Commission to order the payment of compensation for mental health services incurred by surviving relatives in cases involving a death or sexual assault;

(4) Authorizing the Commission to order the payment of compensation, for mental health services incurred by a child witness or witness who is sixty years or older involving a violent crime; and

 

(5) Recognizing compensation as "acknowledgment awards" in place of "pain and suffering" compensation.

The Commission, City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, Sex Abuse Treatment Center, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving testified in support of this measure. The Office of Information Practices submitted comments.

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. 1003, 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