STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 326-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 1772

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1772 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to direct the executive branch of government to initiate the process to develop a correctional facility on the undeveloped portion on the site of the Halawa Correctional Facility to replace Oahu Community Correctional Center.

Testimony in opposition to the measure was received from the Department of Public Safety.

As part of or in conjunction with the correctional facility development process, the measure also requires:

(1) Soil tests to ensure the ability of the site to support such a facility;

(2) Inclusion of negotiations with any qualified private entity for the development of a private, in-state correctional facility to replace the Oahu Community Correctional Center;

(3) A feasibility and planning study, prepared by the executive branch that includes the opportunity for public review and comment by the surrounding community, for the future use, disposition, or development of the existing Oahu Community Correctional Center site;

(4) The development of an in-state correctional facility commencing no later than June 30, 2009; and

(5) A report by the Governor to the Legislature each year on the progress of the negotiations and the development of an in-state correctional facility no later than twenty days before the convening of the Regular Sessions of 2005 to 2010.

Your Committee finds that the measure would not prohibit the Governor from negotiating or contracting with any person for the development of other in-state correctional facilities pursuant to sections 353-16.35 and 353-16.36, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Your Committee believes that the measure is necessary to expedite the development of a much-needed correctional facility to assist in resolving the ever-growing problem of correctional facility overcrowding in the State.

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. 1772 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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