Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 298, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to direct the executive branch to initiate the process to develop additional correctional facilities on the undeveloped portion of the Halawa correctional facility.

Your Committee finds that, due to the overcrowding of the existing state correctional facilities, additional facilities must be developed. Transporting inmates to mainland facilities has worked as a temporary solution; however, the State cannot afford to transport inmates to mainland facilities indefinitely.

One of the possible scenarios under consideration is the development of additional correctional facilities on an undeveloped portion of the existing Halawa correctional facility to replace the existing Oahu community correctional center.

Your Committee has amended this measure by directing the executive branch to initiate a feasibility and planning study for the future disposition or development of the existing Oahu community correctional center site in anticipation of the correctional center's possible relocation to Halawa.

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. 298, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 298, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.