STAND. COM. REP. NO.  915

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 519

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 519, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INMATES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to facilitate eventual community re-entry of inmates by requiring the return of all out-of-state inmates by December 31, 2015, and to require the Department of Public Safety (PSD) to plan, design, and construct facilities sufficient to house all inmates by this date.

     The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  PSD opposed this measure.  A concerned individual provided comments.

     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. 519, H.D. 1, 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