STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1337

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1279

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1279, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide matching funds for competitively bid program expenses incurred for reintegration support, job training, employment placement, and case management for incarcerated persons who are reentering the community.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from seven individuals.

     Your Committee finds that it is in the best interest of both the offender and the community to provide support services to the offender upon reentry into the community.  Your Committee believes that the funds appropriated by this measure will assist the offender population to achieve self-sufficiency and transition to the community in a safe, responsible manner.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying that no funds shall be made available unless matching funds are provided by an outside entity, public or private; and

     (2)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1279, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1279, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair