STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1491

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 1177

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1177 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE REENTRY COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve the effectiveness of the Reentry Commission by replacing the Reentry Coordinator with the Director of Public Safety as an ex officio, nonvoting member of the Reentry Commission.

The Department of Public Safety testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Allowing the Director of Public Safety to appoint a designee to serve as a member of the Reentry Commission in the Director's place; 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 Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1177, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1177, H.D. 1.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair