HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

AMENDMENT TO:

House Bill No. 297 House Draft 2

 

OFFERED BY:

Representative Mark Moses

 

DATE:

March 4th, 2003

SECTION 1. House Bill No. 297 House Draft 2 is amended by deleting its contents and replacing it with the following language to read as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 712A-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (4) to read as follows:

"(4) There is established in the department of the attorney general a revolving fund to be known as the criminal forfeiture fund, hereinafter referred to as the "fund" in which shall be deposited one-half of the proceeds of a forfeiture and any penalties paid pursuant to section 712A-10(6). All moneys in the fund shall be expended by the attorney general and are hereby appropriated for the following purposes:

 

 

 

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(a) The payment of any expenses necessary to seize, detain, appraise, inventory, safeguard, maintain, advertise, or sell property seized, detained, or forfeited pursuant to this chapter or of any other necessary expenses incident to the seizure, detention, or forfeiture of such property and such contract services and payments to reimburse any federal, state, or county agency for any expenditures made to perform the foregoing functions;

(b) The payment of awards for information or assistance leading to a civil or criminal proceeding;

(c) The payment of supplemental sums to state and county agencies for law enforcement purposes;[and]

(d) The payment of expenses arising in connection with programs for training and education of law enforcement officers[.]; and

(e) The funding of drug treatment programs."

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the criminal forfeiture fund the sum of $      or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2003-2004 for funding of drug treatment programs.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the office of the drug czar for the purposes of this part.

SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the Hawaii tobacco settlement special fund the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2003-2004 for crystal methamphetamine prevention programs.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the office of the drug czar for the purposes of this part.

SECTION 4. Hawaii Revised Statutes is amended by adding a new Chapter to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"CHAPTER

DRUG CZAR

§ -1 Office of drug czar; established. (a) There is established in the office of the lieutenant governor the office of the drug czar. This office shall be headed by the drug czar. The drug czar shall be the lieutenant governor.

(b) The drug czar shall coordinate all state programs related to drug distribution, sales, use, enforcement, and rehabilitation and shall work with the departments to ensure that available federal funding is used to its best advantage.

(c) The office of the drug czar shall submit a report to the legislature no later than 20 days prior to the beginning of each regular legislative session beginning with the 2004 session. The report shall include:

(1) An accounting of state and federal moneys used for drug programs;

(2) Indications of success of the drug programs of the State;

(3) Suggested legislation to improve or increase drug prevention and treatment options in the State."

SECTION 5. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the state the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2003-2004 for the office of the drug czar.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the office of the drug czar for the purposes of this part.

SECTION 6. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2003."