Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2293 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to repeal obsolete statutory provisions concerning interstate compacts for the supervision of adult offenders on probation or parole because supervision of these offenders is now accomplished under a new interstate compact.

Your Committee finds that, in 1957, the interstate parole and probation compact was enacted to manage the movement of offenders among the various states. However, the administration of the compact suffered over the years with the growing population of adult offenders, and reform of the compact was needed. In 2000, the Legislature adopted the new interstate compact for the supervision of adult offenders, which was codified as Chapter 353B, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and became effective in November 2003.

Although the new compact was intended to replace the old Interstate Parole and Probation Compact in part III of Chapter 353, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the old compact was not repealed. Your Committee believes that there is no need for two interstate compacts, and as such, the old interstate parole and probation compact should be repealed. This measure repeals the old compact and conforms references within the Hawaii Revised Statutes to the new compact.

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. 2293, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.