STAND. COM. REP. NO.  113

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 313

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 313 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CORRECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to reduce recidivism and help inmates make a successful transition back into the community by:

     (1)  Establishing the Hawaiian Cultural Restoration Program (Program) as a temporary pilot program within the Department of Public Safety (PSD);

     (2)  Specifying that the Program select non-violent inmates to participate in the restoration and rebuilding of culturally historic sites; and

     (3)  Requiring the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) to determine and identify the sites to be restored by the Program and to ensure that such sites are on rural lands.

     This measure also appropriates funds for the Program and requires that funds allocated to the program result in reduced appropriations to OHA of an equal amount.  The Program is scheduled to end on June 30, 2015.

     The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands testified in support of this bill.  Community Alliance on Prisons and the National Association of Reformed Criminals supported the intent of this measure.  PSD, OHA, and the Society for Hawaiian Archaeology offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Replacing the provision that OHA ensures that the selected sites are on rural lands with a provision that the State Historic Preservation Divison review and approve all proposed work on selected historic sites; 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 Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 313, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 313, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs.

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

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HENRY J. C. AQUINO, Chair