STAND. COM. REP. NO.  942-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2009

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2009 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CORRECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to repeal section 353-33, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), which establishes the Correctional Program Revolving Fund (Revolving Fund) for the purpose of offsetting the cost of providing programs for inmates.

     The Department of Public Safety supported this bill.

     Your Committee finds that the Revolving Fund, which was established to offset the cost of inmate programs through revenues derived from fees charged to committed or detained persons participating in correctional programs, was closed in 1996 due to inactivity.  Therefore, to avoid confusion and ensure accurate information, it is necessary to remove this section from HRS.

     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. 2009 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