2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 38. Procedural and Supplementary Provisions
846F. Internet Crimes Against Children
846F-4 Internet crimes against children special fund; established.
§846F-4 Internet crimes against children special fund; established. (a) There is established in the state treasury the internet crimes against children special fund, into which shall be deposited:
(1) All fees collected pursuant to section 846F-3;
(2) Moneys appropriated by the legislature to the fund;
(3) Other grants and gifts made to the fund; and
(4) Any income and capital gains earned by the fund.
(b) Moneys in the internet crimes against children special fund shall be expended by the department of the attorney general for the following purposes:
(1) To provide training and equipment for local law enforcement agencies to use in investigating and prosecuting internet crimes against children, including funding to increase the forensic capacity of digital evidence;
(2) To enable law enforcement to investigate and prosecute internet crimes against children; and
(3) To assist groups working directly to combat internet crimes against children.
(c) All unexpended and unencumbered moneys remaining in the internet crimes against children special fund at the close of each fiscal year that are deemed, by the director of finance, to be in excess of the moneys necessary to carry out the purpose of this section over the following fiscal year shall lapse to the credit of the state general fund. [L 2014, c 115, pt of §2]
