STAND. COM. REP. NO.  304

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 297

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 297 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PROBATION SERVICES FEE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to assess a probation services fee to all offenders placed under the supervision of the Adult Client Services Branch, including those granted a deferred acceptance of guilty plea or deferred acceptance of nolo contendere plea.

 

     The Judiciary testified in support of this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to January 7, 2059, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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 H.B. No. 297, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 297, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair