STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2280

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2220
                                        




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 S.B. No.
2220 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE REMOVAL OF NUISANCE
     SEAWEED,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the director of public
safety, with the approval of the governor, to enter into an
agreement with a county to use inmate labor from a community
correctional center to remove nuisance seaweed from the shoreline
and nearshore waters of the State.

     Your Committee finds that there is an urgent need to remove
nuisance seaweed from the shoreline and nearshore waters of Maui.
Your Committee further finds that inmate labor has been used on
the island of Maui for various public projects since 1848.  While
inmate labor is beneficial to the State, these public projects
also provide inmates with useful training and work experience
that may assist their transition into the workforce once they are
released from prison.

     Testimony in support of the intent of this measure was
submitted by the Department of Public Safety, the Department of
Land and Natural Resources, and the Community Alliance on
Prisons.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your

 
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Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
2220 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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



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                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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