STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1184

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1264

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 S.B. No. 1264 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to make an emergency appropriation of general funds for the temporary housing of two hundred forty-eight Halawa Correctional Facility inmates who are currently housed at an out-of-state facility.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Public Safety.

Your Committee finds that this measure will provide necessary funds to house two hundred forty-eight inmates at an out-of-state facility during the remaining six months of fiscal year 2018-2019 while repairs and improvements to security electronics and hardware are being completed at Halawa Correctional Facility.

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. 1264 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair