STAND. COM. REP. NO.  865

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1400

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1400 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to permit adult corrections officers employed by the State to purchase uniforms from the Correctional Industries Program at their own expense.

     The Department of Public Safety and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill. 

     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. 1400 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair