STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 726-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2864

H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2864, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to address:

(1) The overcrowded situation of correctional facilities in Hawaii; and

(2) The substance abuse and mental health problems afflicting a large portion of the prison population.

This bill:

(1) Requires the Director of Public Safety (Director) to enter into a contract for the planning and design of a correctional treatment facility within 90 days of the effective date of this Act;

(2) Establishes guidelines for the selection of an operator of the new facility;

(3) Requires the Director to report on the plan, design, operation, location, development, and financing of the facility to the Legislature by February 1, 2005; and

(4) Requires that a feasibility study for the future use, disposition, or development of the existing Oahu Community Correctional Center site be conducted by the Director, with the assistance of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

The GEO Group testified in support of this bill. The Department of Public Safety testified in opposition to this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2010, to facilitate further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2864, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2864, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

		____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair