STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1214-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   S.B. No. 2533

      S.D. 1

      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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2533, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AN AUDIT OF CONTRACTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WITH THE CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA AND THE FEDERAL DETENTION CENTER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require an audit of the Department of Public Safety's (PSD) contracts with the Corrections Corporation of America and the federal detention center in Honolulu, that focuses on a comparison of housing Hawaii inmates in mainland facilities and in the federal detention center with housing Hawaii inmates in Hawaii facilities operated by the State.

     The Hawaii Government Employees Association AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; ‘Ohana Ho‘opakele; and a concerned individual supported this bill.  PSD opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 S.B. No. 2533, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2533, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair