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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO THE RELEASE OF PRE-TRIAL INMATES.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Act 305, Session Laws of Hawaii 1993, as amended
 
 2 by Act 195, Session Laws of Hawaii 1994, by Act 156, Session Laws
 
 3 of Hawaii 1995, by Act 216, Session Laws of Hawaii 1996, by Act
 
 4 227, Session Laws of Hawaii 1998, is amended as follows:
 
 5      (1)  By amending section 2 to read as follows:
 
 6      "SECTION 2.  No less than twenty days prior to the convening
 
 7 of the regular session of the legislature in each year from 1994
 
 8 through [1999,] 2000, the director shall report the progress of
 
 9 the program, and make recommendations for further legislative
 
10 action."
 
11      (2)  By amending section 4 to read as follows:
 
12      "SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1993, and
 
13 shall be repealed on June 30, [1999.] 2000."
 
14      SECTION 2.  Act 195, Session Laws of Hawaii 1994, as amended
 
15 by Act 156, Session Laws of Hawaii 1995, by Act 216, Session Laws
 
16 of Hawaii 1996, by Act 227, Session Laws of Hawaii 1998, is
 
17 amended as follows:
 
18      (1)  By amending section 2 to read as follows:
 
19      "SECTION 2.  No later than twenty days prior to the
 

 
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 1 convening of the regular session in each year from 1995 through
 
 2 [1999,] 2000, the director shall submit a written report to the
 
 3 legislature on the recidivism rate of pre-trial inmates released
 
 4 under this program."
 
 5      (2)  By amending section 4 to read as follows:
 
 6      "SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval,
 
 7 and shall be repealed on June 30, [1999.] 2000."
 
 8      SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 9 New statutory material is underscored.
 
10      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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12                           INTRODUCED BY: ________________________
 

 
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