STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1203

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 74

      S.D. 1

      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. 74, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CORRECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Allow committed persons, at the discretion of the Director of Public Safety, to create products and crafts to be offered for sale by the Director;

     (2)  Allocate the proceeds of these sales to the committed person's current facility's fund for reentry or rehabilitation services or programs, the crime victim compensation special fund, and the account maintained by the Department of Public Safety for the committed person; and

     (3)  Require the Department of Public Safety to study other states' practices on the making and sale of arts and crafts by inmates.

The Crime Victim Compensation Commission, the Community Alliance on Prisons, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Public Safety provided comments.  

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to upon its approval; 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. 74, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 74, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair