HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2007

 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY & MILITARY AFFAIRS

Rep. Cindy Evans, Chair

Rep. Sharon E. Har, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Marilyn B. Lee

Rep. Joseph M. Souki

Rep. Sylvia Luke

Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine

Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey

Rep. Roy M. Takumi

Rep. Bob Nakasone

Rep. Lynn Finnegan

Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto

Rep. Kymberly Marcos Pine

Rep. Alex M. Sonson

 

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

February 15, 2007 (Thursday)

TIME:

9:00 am

PLACE:

Conference Room 309

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 1182

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PUNA DISTRICT POLICE STATION IN KEA‘AU, HAWAI‘I.

Appropriates $6,500,000 as a grant-in-aid to the county of Hawaii for the plans, design, and construction of a Puna district police station.

 

PSM, FIN

HB 571

HD1

(HSCR124)

RELATING TO TOURISM.

Appropriates excess transient accommodations tax revenue to develop emergency response centers for each of the four counties to protect and shelter visitors during a natural disaster or any other emergency (HB571 HD1).

 

PSM, FIN

HB 625

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Appropriates funds to plan a Hawaii state fire and emergency training facility.

 

PSM, FIN

HB 457

RELATING TO INCARCERATED PARENTS.

Appropriates funds for the expansion of parent-child interaction programs such as the Strengthening Keiki of Incarcerated Parents project(SKIP) at State correctional facilities.

 

PSM, FIN

HCR 12

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ADOPT POLICIES TO PREVENT THE TRANSFER OF INCARCERATED PARENTS OF MINOR CHILDREN TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES ON THE MAINLAND.

 

PSM

HB 467

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Appropriates funds to the department of public safety and the office of youth services for the expansion of gender-responsive community based programs for women and girls.

 

PSM, FIN

HB 624

RELATING TO PAROLE.

Authorizes the Hawaii paroling authority to parole committed persons to any county in the State where they will receive the greatest support to successfully reintegrate into the community.

 

PSM, JUD

HB 115

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Codifies the department of public safety's classification system of establishing five offender custody levels:  maximum, closed, medium, minimum, and community custody.  Requires the department to consider custody levels when allocating resources.

 

PSM

HB 1400

RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES.

Allows State-employed adult corrections officers to purchase uniforms and uniform accessories from Correctional Industries

 

PSM, FIN

HB 1402

RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES.

Deletes statutory hiring limitations.

 

PSM, FIN

HB 1548

RELATING TO DRUG TREATMENT.

Authorizes placement of certain offenders in secure drug treatment programs.

 

PSM, JUD

HB 920

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Appropriates funds to the department of public safety to provide a cognitive restructuring and transition program in the county of Hawaii.

 

PSM, FIN

HB 864

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Appropriates funds for a secure 600 to 700-bed substance abuse treatment facility designed and operated by the department of public safety.  Requires the department to provide treatment, education, job training and development, and associated services for convicted drug offenders and certain probationers.

 

PSM, FIN

HB 1391

RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT.

Requires affected agencies to account for sea-level rise and minimize risks from coastal hazards such as erosion, storm inundation, hurricanes, and tsunamis.

 

PSM, WLH

HB 1847

RELATING TO CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT.

Requires the department of land and natural resources and the department of public safety to enter into a memorandum of agreement for the department of public safety to provide assistance in enforcing laws over which the department of land and natural resources has jurisdiction.  Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources to implement the recommendations made by the office of the auditor relating to enforcement.

 

PSM, FIN

 

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

 

 

 

 

DECISION MAKING ONLY

(deferred from 02-08-07 hearing.  No testimony will be accepted.)

 

HB 831

RELATING TO VETERAN BURIAL GRANTS.

Requires the office of veterans' services, at the request of a survivor or interested party of a deceased Filipino veteran who joined the New Filipino Scouts between October 6, 1945, and June 30, 1947, to make payment directly to a mortuary or crematory for funeral and burial services, and to transport the veteran's remains to the Philippines upon submission of an unpaid invoice.  Appropriates moneys.

 

PSM, FIN

 

 

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Rep. Cindy Evans

Chair