Bill Text: HI HB2657 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Public Lands; Kulani Correctional Facility

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-18 - (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [HB2657 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HB2657-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  622-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2657

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2657 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to work to curb the substance abuse problem facing the people of Hawaii by requiring the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to:

 

     (1)  Plan for a model wellness center to be built on State lands, giving preference to the site formerly used as the Kulani Correctional Facility on the Island of Hawaii; and

 

     (2)  Report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than 20 days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2011.

 

     The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, Ohana Ho'opakele, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  DPS opposed this measure.

 

     Although your Committee understands the benefits the establishment of a model wellness center may have for the people of Hawaii, your Committee also recognizes that DPS has entered into a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Defense which authorizes the use of the former Kulani Correctional Facility, including the buildings, infrastructure, and surrounding lands for a Youth Challenge Academy.  While this issue remains a concern, this measure deserves further consideration.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2657, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2657, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

		____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair