STAND. COM. REP. NO. 948

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1489

       S.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1489, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PAROLING AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to increase the resources of the Hawaii Paroling Authority.  Specifically, the bill:

(1)  Converts two part-time member positions on the Hawaii Paroling Authority to full-time;

(2)  Authorizes the Governor to set the salary of the Chair and members of the Authority; and

(3)  Appropriates funds for salary increases, equipment, and supplies.

     The Hawaii Paroling Authority and the Interim Director of the Department of Human Resources submitted comments in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Clarifying which executive salary commission report the governor shall use for guidance in setting the salaries;

(2)  Changing the amount appropriated to an unspecified amount to facilitate further discussion; and

(3)  Making a technical change to conform the text of section 353-63 to the printed version of the Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1489, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1489, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair