STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2050

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 456

H.D. 2

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 456, H.D. 2, 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 Department of Public Safety to revise its policies and procedures regarding the use of force, weapons, and equipment.

For purposes of a public hearing, your Committee circulated a proposed S.D. 2 (Proposed Draft) of the measure and notified the public that your Committee would be accepting testimony on the Proposed Draft, which makes an emergency appropriation to the Department of Public Safety for the immediate and long-term rehabilitation needs of Maui Community Correctional Center.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the Proposed Draft from the Department of Public Safety, Maui Police Department, and United Public Workers, AFSCME Local 646, AFL-CIO.

Your Committee received comments on the Proposed Draft from the State Procurement Office.

Your Committee finds that the Proposed Draft will appropriate funds to make immediate and necessary repairs to Maui Community Correctional Center to help ensure the safety of the Center's inmates and the employees of the Department of Public Safety.

Your Committee notes that the State Procurement Office submitted testimony indicating that should the Committee decide to add to the measure emergency funding to rebuild the Maui Community Correctional Center, the expenditure of the funding would require the full procurement process pursuant to chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, unless an exemption is added to the measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by adopting the Proposed Draft with the following further amendments:

(1) Exempting from the procurement code all procurements associated with the funds appropriated for the immediate needs of Maui Community Correctional Center; and

(2) Changing the effective date of the section authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriating the revenues derived therefrom to July 1, 2019.

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 H.B. No. 456, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 456, H.D. 2, 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