STAND. COM. REP. NO.  2070

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.C.R. No. 312

      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. 312 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO DECLARE MAY 27, 2007 AS "HONORING OUR SOLDIERS DAY","

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Governor to declare May 27, 2007, as "Honoring Our Soldiers Day."

     Your Committee finds that it is necessary to get clear and accurate information on the true costs of sending Hawaii's inmates out-of-state.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting its contents and inserting language to request the Department of Public Safety to report on the financial requirements of transferring Hawaii inmates to out-of-state correctional facilities.

More specifically, your Committee has requested the Department of Public Safety to include in its report, but not be limited to, the following items:

     (1)  Costs of transporting, housing, and any other operational and administrative costs, of sending inmates to out-of-state correctional facilities;

     (2)  Expenditures of basic daily costs per inmate, per out-of-state facility;

     (3)  An analysis of the costs of basic services and programs provided by private contractors, along with a breakdown of costs that exceed basic services and programs;

     (4)  Expenditures since Fiscal Year 2002-2003, and projected expenditures, of air and ground transportation of inmates to and from Hawaii, and transportation of inmates to and from medical services;

     (5)  Other personnel costs such as overtime; and

     (6)  Revenue sources, including governmental matching funds or grants, and the department's ability to plan, implement, and expend funds on a timely basis.

     Your Committee has also amended the title of the measure to conform to the contents of the concurrent resolution, as amended.

     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. 312, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 312, 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