STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1066

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 157
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

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

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIME,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to reduce prison overcrowding by
appropriating funds or authorizing positions for:

     (1)  Implementation of the integrated community sanctions
          program;

     (2)  Drug treatment programs;

     (3)  Community reintegration programs;

     (4)  Residential work-furlough programs;

     (5)  Establishment of the "Halfway-In, Halfway-Back" Program
          for inmates who are within the last six months of their
          incarceration;

     (6)  The early parole program; and

     (7)  Sex offender and substance abuse treatment services.

     The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of Honolulu,
numerous case workers and residents of T.J. Mahoney, and
concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The

 
 
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Department of Public Safety testified in support of the intent of
the measure. The Judiciary, the Department of Health, and
concerned individuals commented on this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.

     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.
157, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 157, H.D. 2.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair