Report Title:

Public safety

 

Description:

Authorizes the director of public safety to contract with qualified private entities to (1) provide corrections officers and related goods and services for the operation and management of correctional facilities; and (2) construct prisons and related facilities.

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1449

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

  

STATE OF HAWAII

  

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 353C-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§353C-2 Director of public safety; powers and duties. The director of public safety shall administer the public safety programs of the department of public safety and shall be responsible for the formulation and implementation of state goals and objectives for correctional and law enforcement programs, including ensuring that correctional facilities and correctional services meet the present and future needs of persons committed to the correctional facilities. In the administration of these programs, the director may:

(1) Preserve the public peace, prevent crime, detect and arrest offenders against the law, protect the rights of persons and property, and enforce and prevent violation of all laws and administrative rules of the State as the director deems to be necessary or desirable or upon request, to assist other state officers or agencies that have primary administrative responsibility over specific subject matters or programs;

(2) Train, equip, maintain, and supervise the force of public safety officers, including law enforcement and correctional personnel, and other employees of the department;

(3) Serve process both in civil and criminal proceedings;

(4) Perform other duties as may be required by law;

(5) Adopt, pursuant to chapter 91, rules that are necessary or desirable for the administration of public safety programs; and

(6) Enter into contracts [in] on behalf of the department and take all actions deemed necessary and appropriate for the proper and efficient administration of the department[.], including contracting with qualified private entities to:

(A) Provide corrections officers and related goods and services for the operation and management of correctional facilities; and

(B) Construct prisons and related facilities."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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