HB1732

SECTION 1. (a) Within ninety days of the effective date of this Act, the director of public safety shall enter into a contract with certified or accredited correctional design professionals for the planning and preliminary design for a one thousand bed low security correctional facility. The correctional facility shall be a secure correctional facility designed to provide intensive in-house drug and substance abuse rehabilitation, employment training and continuing education, including but not limited to Hawaiian studies.

(b) The correctional facility shall be designed to be operated by the State or a private operator with the ability to provide a total continuum of programs, as delineated in subsection (a).

(c) By February 1, 2008, the director of public safety shall report to the legislature, including in the report the following:

(1) The preliminary design and projected cost of the correctional treatment facility, which shall be designed to be accredited by the American Correctional Association;

(2) If the facility is to be developed by a private developer, a proposed request for proposals for the private development of the facility for the State on a turn-key basis;

(3) If the facility is to be operated by a private operator, a proposed request for proposals for the operation of the correctional treatment facility by a private operator, who has experience in the successful operation of facilities accredited by the American Correctional Association and the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations;

(4) A prioritized list of suitable sites, including the undeveloped portion of the Halawa correctional facility site and other public lands and private property, along with the estimated cost of acquisition, the cost for site preparation, and the cost for the provision of all necessary infrastructure to support the proposed facility;

(5) A proposal for the financing of the acquisition of the turn-key completed facility, including the use of general obligation bonds, special purpose revenue bonds, tax-exempted project revenue bonds, certificates of participation, or other forms of financing; and

(6) Any proposed legislation required for the implementation of the final design, construction, purchase, and operation of the correctional treatment facility.

SECTION 2. This Act shall not be construed to prohibit the governor from negotiating or contracting with any person for the development of other in-state correctional facilities pursuant to sections 353-16.35 and 353-16.36, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007-2008, for the purposes of this Act.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of public safety for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2007.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1732
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007
STATE OF HAWAII