STAND. COM. REP. NO.  824-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2998

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2998, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the safety and welfare of the public by establishing and appropriating funds for the Adam Walsh Act Compliance Working Group to, among other things:

 

     (1)  Determine the laws that need to be amended and new laws that need to be enacted to comply with the federal Adam Walsh Child Protection and Public Safety Act of 2006, Public Law 248-109 (Adam Walsh Act); and

 

     (2)  Consider whether the additional costs entailed by compliance with the Adam Walsh Act and the implementing guidelines outweigh the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant funds that would be retained by compliance and other benefits attributable to compliance.

 

     The Department of Public Safety and American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii offered 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. 2998, 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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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair