STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3195

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1955
                                        H.D. 2
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No.
1955, H.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CORRECTIONS POPULATION
     MANAGEMENT COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill, as received by your Committee, is
to expand the membership of the Corrections Population Management
Commission by one member.

     Your Committee finds that the Corrections Population
Management Commission (Commission) was established in 1993 to
help develop statewide policies and practices to control
overcrowding in correctional facilities.  Your Committee further
finds that valuable input and new ideas can be brought to the
Commission by including, as a member of the Commission, a
rehabilitated offender who has been reintegrated into the
community.  In addition, your Committee notes that the Honolulu
Police Department has been a willing participant at Commission
events and recognizes that law enforcement should be made a
permanent member of the Commission.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Department of Public Safety and the Government Efficiency Teams,
Inc.


 
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     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
measure by:

     (1)  Replacing the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and
          County of Honolulu with one representative selected
          from the various county prosecuting attorney
          departments;

     (2)  Adding a representative from the county police
          departments and a rehabilitated offender as permanent
          members of the commission; and

     (3)  Making technical, non-substantive changes for the
          purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1955, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1955, H.D.
2, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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



                                   ______________________________
                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



                                   ______________________________
                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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