STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2895

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2047

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2047, 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 require the Office of the Auditor to conduct a performance audit of the Department of Public Safety.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii; Aloha Light Team; Community Alliance on Prisons; Hoomanapono Political Action Committee; OCC Legislative Priorities Committee, Democratic Party of Hawaii; and ten individuals.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the Department of Public Safety and one individual.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Office of the Auditor.

Your Committee finds that a performance audit of the Department of Public Safety will help to provide necessary oversight of the department.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Narrowing the scope of the performance audit;

(2) Changing the appropriation from $100,000 to an unspecified amount; and

(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

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 S.B. No. 2047, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2047, S.D. 2.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair