STAND. COM. REP. NO.  69

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2019

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1177

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Public Safety, Veterans, & Military Affairs and Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1177 entitled:

 

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

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the purchase of the Honolulu Federal Detention Center.

 

     The Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii and a concerned individual supported this measure.  Community Alliance on Prisons and several concerned individuals opposed this measure.  The Department of Public Safety and a concerned individual offered comments.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion on this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety, Veterans, & Military Affairs and Labor & Public Employment that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1177, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1177, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety, Veterans, & Military Affairs and Labor & Public Employment,

 

 

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair

 

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GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair