Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2647 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to replace the Hawaii Council of Churches with the Interfaith Alliance Hawaii on the nominating panel for appointment to the Hawaii Paroling Authority.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Hawaii Council of Churches, Interfaith Alliance of Hawaii, and League of Women Voters.

Your Committee finds that the Hawaii Criminal Justice Association should replace the Hawaii Correctional Association as the latter no longer exists and the former is its successor. Your Committee also finds that the Interfaith Alliance Hawaii should replace the Hawaii Council of Churches as the more appropriate entity, which is agreed to by the Council.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2647, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2647, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.