STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2770

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2083

       S.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2083, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SUPERVISION OF ADULT OFFENDERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to improve the operation and effectiveness of the State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision.  More specifically, this measure:

     (1)  Increases the membership of the State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision;

     (2)  Authorizes the Judiciary to assess a fee on parolees' and probationers' prison transfer applications; and

     (3)  Establishes and provides funding for one full‑time coordinator position under the Judiciary, to help carry out the duties of the interstate compact for the supervision of adult offenders.

     The Hawaii Paroling Authority and the Judiciary submitted testimony in support of this measure.

     The State Council oversees Hawaii's participation in the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision, which is the national governing body for the movement of probation and parole offenders throughout the United States.  Your Committee finds that this measure will assist in the oversight of interstate transfers by increasing the state council's membership to include the Attorney General, Public Defender, and Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney, or their designees.

     Testimony indicates that the Judiciary already imposes a probation services fee for each application made by a parolee or probationer for a transfer to the State.  In consideration of this, your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying that the interstate transfer fee applies to applications made by a parolee or probationer for a transfer out of the State; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 2083, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2083, 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