Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2382, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require public notice and allow for public input on development or expansion of in-state correctional facilities.

Your Committee finds that siting of prisons and expansion of existing prisons is a sensitive matter of great concern to the public. Allowing public comment during the site selection process is appropriate and economical as the comments will be concurrent with the time period of any necessary environmental assessment or environmental impact statement. Your Committee finds that public notices and comments will make the whole selection and development process more efficient and effective.

Your Committee has amended the bill by making the date defective for the purpose of encouraging further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2382, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2382, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.