STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1136

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 213

      S.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 Public Safety, to which was referred S.B. No. 213, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Public Safety to establish:

     (1)  Performance measures to be incorporated in reports that evaluate program outcomes and progress toward specific goals, as required by the Community Safety Act of 2007; and

     (2)  Collect data on the measures to be incorporated in periodic reports to the Legislature.

     The Hawaii Government Employees Association, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 213, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,

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FAYE HANOHANO, Chair