STAND. COM. REP. NO.869
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 177
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 177, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PRIVATELY-OPERATED CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Allow the governor to contract with private entities to operate correctional facilities;
(2) Establish guidelines for the operation of correctional facilities by private entities;
(3) Establish criteria for contracts with private entities for the operation of a minimum security correctional facility; and
(4) Require a Citizens Oversight Committee for each proposed new correctional facility, public or private.
The Department of Public Safety and Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii supported the intent of this measure.
The Community Alliance on Prisons, Hawaii Government Employees Association, and the United Public Workers opposed this measure.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 177, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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