Report Title:

Sexual Assault; Prevention Programs

Description:

Amends the child and spouse abuse special accounts administered by the Department of Human Services and the Judiciary to rename the accounts and include expenditures for sex abuse prevention. (SB661 HD1)

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

661

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

H.D. 1


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 346-7.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended its title and subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:

"§346-7.5 Spouse, [and] child, and sex abuse special account; department of human services. (a) There is established within the state treasury a special fund to be known as the ["spouse and child abuse special account", and] "spouse, child, and sex abuse special account" to be administered and expended by the department of human services.

(b) The proceeds of the account shall be reserved for use by the department of human services for staff programs[,] and grants or purchases of service[, consistent with chapters 42F and 103F, that support or provide spouse or child abuse intervention or prevention and sexual abuse prevention as authorized by law. These proceeds shall be used for new or existing programs and shall not supplant any other funds previously allocated to these programs. The account shall be kept separate and apart from all other funds in the treasury."

SECTION 2. Section 601-3.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending its title and subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:

"§601-3.6 Spouse, [and] child, and sex abuse special account; judiciary. (a) There is established within the state treasury a special fund to be known as the ["spouse and child abuse special account", and] "spouse, child, and sex abuse special account" to be administered and expended by the judiciary.

(b) The proceeds of the account shall be reserved for use by the judiciary for staff programs[,] and grants or purchases of service, consistent with chapters 42F and 103F, that support or provide spouse or child abuse intervention or prevention and sexual abuse prevention as authorized by law. These proceeds shall be used for new or existing programs and shall not supplant any other funds previously allocated to these programs. The account shall be kept separate and apart from all other funds in the treasury."

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2003.