STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3277

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 297

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 297, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require defendants who are granted a deferral of their plea under section 853-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to pay a probation services fee.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Judiciary.

 

     Your Committee finds that a defendant whose guilty or no contest plea is deferred, uses the same probationary resources as a defendant on probation although the defendant who is granted a deferred plea is not assessed a probation services fee.  Requiring the court to impose probation services fees on defendants who are granted deferral of their plea will make those defendants accountable and will help pay for the supervision services they require.  In addition, the probation fee for deferred pleas will provide the Judiciary with additional revenue necessary to offset rising costs.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 297, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair