STAND. COM. REP. NO.  631-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2226

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2226, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AN AUTOMATED VICTIM NOTIFICATION SYSTEM,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish a statewide automated victim information and notification system to be funded through a four percent surcharge on all inmate commissary purchases and commission revenue on inmate telephone usage.  This measure also establishes the Crime Victim Notification System Special Fund.

 

     The Department of the Attorney General, Department of Public Safety, Hawaii Paroling Authority, Crime Victim Compensation Commission, Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, Mothers Against Drunk Driving HAWAII, The Sex Abuse Treatment Center, Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and several concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Budget and Finance provided comments.

 

     Your Committee respectfully requests the Committee on Finance to consider the funding issues presented in this measure and to confer with the Department of Budget and Finance regarding the need for a new special fund.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2226, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair