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                                 STAND. COM. REP. NO. 269

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 24
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Public Safety and Military Affairs and
Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No.
24 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
     PUBLIC SAFETY TO STRENGTHEN ITS ATTEMPTS TO DEAL WITH PRISON
     OVERCROWDING,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the
department of public safety to strengthen its attempts to deal
with prison overcrowding.

     The director of the Department of Public Safety submitted
testimony in support of the intent of this measure.  A private
citizen submitted general comments on this measure.

     Your committees find that although the Corrections
Population Management Commission has recently reconvened, this
concurrent resolution will nonetheless signify the legislature's
intent to see that the Commission's efforts are vigorously
pursued.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Public Safety and Military Affairs and Judiciary
and Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your

 
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Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 24,
and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Public Safety
                                   and Military Affairs and
                                   Judiciary and Hawaiian
                                   Affairs,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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PAUL T. OSHIRO, Chair              NESTOR GARCIA, Chair