CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 140-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2012

 

RE:    H.B. No. 246

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sirs:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 246, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to support the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu by appropriating unspecified amounts as grants-in-aid for the Career Criminal Prosecution Unit, prosecution in Drug Court, Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement Program, and Victim Witness Assistance Program, including the hiring of necessary staff.

 


     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting the following appropriation amounts:

 

          (A)  $734,973 for the Career Criminal Prosecution Unit;

 

          (B)  $121,057 for prosecution in Drug Court;

 

          (C)  $86,888 for the Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement Program; and

 

          (D)  $502,965 for the Victim Witness Assistance Program; and

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2012.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 246, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 246, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair

 

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Co-Chair

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WILL ESPERO, Co-Chair

 

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MARILYN B. LEE, Co-Chair

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MICHELLE KIDANI, Co-Chair