Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 963 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to change the composition of the Hawaii Paroling Authority (Authority) to consist of three full-time members, rather than one full-time and two part-time members.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from all three members of the Authority, the Department of Public Safety, the Prosecutor of the City and County of Honolulu, and Government Efficiency Teams, Inc.

Your Committee finds that the workload of the Authority has steadily increased over the decades since composition was established under chapter 353, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Your Committee also finds that the two part-time members have duties, responsibilities, and workloads that exceed those of many full-time employees of the State.

Your Committee has amended this measure to incorporate updated figures regarding the cost of converting these two positions.

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. 963, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 963, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.