CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 150

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 456

H.D. 2

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 456, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

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

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Make an emergency appropriation to the Department of Public Safety for the immediate needs of Maui Community Correctional Center;

(2) Authorize the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds for the long-term rehabilitation needs of Maui Community Correctional Center; and

(3) Exempt from the procurement code all procurements associated with the funds appropriated for the immediate needs of Maui Community Correctional Center.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Amending the emergency appropriation to the Department of Public Safety for the immediate needs of Maui Community Correctional Center from $5,300,000 to $5,102,000 for FY2019;

(2) Deleting provisions authorizing the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds for the long-term rehabilitation needs of Maui Community Correctional Center; and

(3) Making an emergency appropriation of $2,000,000 for FY2019 to the Department of Public Safety for six months of housing costs for two hundred forty-eight inmates at Saguaro Correctional Center in Arizona and for costs to return the inmates to Hawaii.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 456, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 456, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA Chair	____________________________ GREGG TAKAYAMA Co-Chair
____________________________ KARL RHOADS Co-Chair	____________________________ CHRIS LEE Co-Chair
____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ Co-Chair	____________________________ CEDRIC ASUEGA GATES Co-Chair