STAND. COM. REP. NO. 569

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 539

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 539 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CORRECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to reorganize and rename the Corrections Program Services Division of the Department of Public Safety to the Reentry Services Division.

     This measure also requires the Reentry Services Division to work closely with the prison furlough programs in each county.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by two private organizations.  Testimony in opposition of this measure was submitted by one state agency.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that renaming the Intake Service Center Division is complementary to the initiatives of the division to provide programs and services to successfully integrate the present and future reentry needs of inmates.  Your Committee also finds that authorizing the Reentry Intake Services Division to work closely and collaborate with the furlough programs of each county, the Hawaii Paroling Authority, and the Corrections Program Services Division ensures that the reentry needs of inmates will be met.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Renaming the Intake Service Center Division to the Reentry Intake Services Division;

     (2)  Changing all references to the Intake Service Center Division to the Reentry Intake Services Division;

     (3)  Changing the date of the transition of the programs and services from the Intake Service Center Division to the Reentry Intake Services Division from June 30, 2009, to July 1, 2009;

     (4)  Adding to the duties and responsibilities of the Reentry Intake Services Division by requiring the Division to work closely and collaborate with the Hawaii Paroling Authority and Corrections Program Services Division;

     (5)  Changing all references to the Corrections Program Services Division, other than the reference to the Corrections Program Services Division in section 353C‑  (b)(5), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to the Intake Service Center Division; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 539, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 539, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs,

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WILL ESPERO, Chair