STAND. COM. REP. NO.  156-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2982

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 2982 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WARRANTS ISSUED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF YOUTH SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to make a technical amendment to the statute covering the duties of the Executive Director (Director) of the Office of Youth Services (OYS).

     OYS provided comments on this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by replacing its contents with provisions that, among other things:

(1)  Confer full power to the Director to grant and revoke paroles of the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF);

(2)  Authorize the Director to issue warrants for the arrest and return to actual custody of wards paroled from HYCF; and

(3)  Authorize county police and state law enforcement officers to arrest any ward who absconds from furlough or escapes from HYCF.

Your Committee has further amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; 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 Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2982, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2982, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair