STAND. COM. REP. NO. 182

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 752
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to
which was referred H.B. No. 752 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL DETENTION OF
     PREARRAIGNMENT DETAINEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to transfer the responsibility
for providing residential detainment for prearraignment detainees
from the counties to the Department of Public Safety.

     The Office of the Corporate Counsel of the County of Hawaii
and the Police Department of the City and County of Honolulu
submitted testimony in support of this measure.

     The Department of Public Safety submitted testimony in
opposition to this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached
to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 752 and recommends that it pass Second
Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Public Safety and
                                   Military Affairs,



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                                   NESTOR R. GARCIA, Chair