STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1125

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 379

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 379, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WITNESSES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to increase witness' daily fees from $20 to $55 and the per diem paid to witnesses who travel from out of state, and who travel inter-island and stay overnight, from $110 to $160 per day to attend court proceedings.

 

     The Hawaii Tourism Authority, Department of Prosecuting Attorney, and Office of the Public Defender testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Budget and Finance provided comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 379, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair