CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 41-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2008

RE:    S.B. No. 2341

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam and Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2341, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to require out-of-state detention facilities that hold inmates from Hawaii, pursuant to a contract with the State of Hawaii, to provide the public with information relating to the operation of their facility.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying that the remedies available for failure to provide information shall not be available for information that is entitled to protection under section 92F-13, Hawaii Revised Statutes, or information that is a trade secret as defined in section 482B-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

     (2)  Defining "privately owned prison or other out-of-state detention facility";

     (3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2008; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2341, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2341, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ CINDY EVANS, Co-Chair	____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair
____________________________ BLAKE K. OSHIRO, Co-Chair	____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair
____________________________ SHARON E. HAR, Co-Chair