STAND. COM. REP. NO. 526

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 157
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs and Public
Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 157
entitled:

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIME,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to reduce prison overcrowding by
appropriating funds for programs authorized by Act 25, Special
Session Laws of Hawaii (SSLH) 1995.

     The Judiciary, the Government Efficiency Teams, Inc., the
American Civil Liberties Union, the Department of the Prosecuting
Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, the Department of
Health, the Hawaii Paroling Authority, and members of the public
supported this measure.

     Upon further consideration, your Committees have amended
this bill by:

     (1)  Deleting the appropriation for the electronic
          monitoring and surveillance program;

     (2)  Establishing a new program to be known as "Halfway In,
          Halfway Back," a transitional release program for
          inmates who are in the last six months of release; and

     (3)  Making other technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of style and clarity.

 
 
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     Your Committees find that rehabilitation programs that
educate and prepare persons awaiting trial after conviction,
incarcerated, or on parole, are critical to the future well-being
of the community.  This measure continues funding for such
programs and promotes the use of alternatives to incarceration
with the goal of preventing further incarceration.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs and Public Safety
and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your
Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. 157,
as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in
the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 157, H.D. 1, and be referred
to the Committee on Finance.

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




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NESTOR GARCIA, Chair               PAUL T. OSHIRO, Chair