STAND

STAND. COM. REP. 230

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 298

H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 298 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to address the need for additional correctional facilities in this State by directing the Governor to negotiate the development of private, in-state correctional facilities with any private entity to:

(1) Construct a new facility on the undeveloped portion of the site of the Halawa Correctional Facility to replace the Oahu Community Correctional Center (OCCC); and

(2) Replace the OCCC with a drug treatment center.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii and one individual testified in support of this measure. The Department of Public Safety supported the intent of this bill, and the Community Alliance on Prisons offered comments.

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Deleting the requirement that OCCC be replaced by a drug treatment center;

(2) Postponing the commencement date for the development of the facility to 2008; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of consistency.

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. 298, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 298, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs,

		____________________________ KEN ITO, Chair