HI HCR4

Requests the Auditor to conduct a management audit of the Department of the Attorney General's Asset Forfeiture Program established under Chapter 712A, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Audit shall evaluate program efficiency and effectiveness, verify money is used for intended purposes, and provide comprehensive accounting of money and property seized and disposed through forfeitures.

Audit shall determine how many asset forfeitures occurred without resulting criminal convictions and assess the socioeconomic status of individuals whose assets were forfeited.

Audit shall follow up on recommendations from the 1995 Auditor's Report No. 95-22, the last comprehensive evaluation of the forfeiture program.

Auditor must submit findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation to the Legislature no later than 20 days before the 2017 Regular Session convenes.