STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1726

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.C.R. No. 12

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 12 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ADOPT POLICIES TO PREVENT THE TRANSFER OF INCARCERATED PARENTS OF MINOR CHILDREN TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES ON THE MAINLAND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this Concurrent Resolution is to request the Department of Public Safety to adopt policies to prevent the transfer of incarcerated parents of minor children to correctional facilities on the mainland.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the Concurrent Resolution from the Community Alliance on Prisons, the Hawaii Youth Services Network, and a concerned citizen.  Testimony in opposition was received from the Department of Public Safety.

     Your Committee felt issues raised in the Concurrent Resolution were addressed in other measures and felt the Department of Public Safety had legitimate concerns with the Concurrent Resolution as written.

     Your Committee has amended this Concurrent Resolution by replacing it in its entirety with a request to have the Auditor conduct financial and management audits of the Civil Defense Division of the Department of Defense and to report on federal government initiatives to shift disaster preparedness, disaster relief, and homeland security costs to state and local governments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 12, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Legislative Management in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 12, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,

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CINDY EVANS, Chair