STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1054

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   S.B. No. 231

      S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred S.B. No. 231, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the operation and effectiveness of the State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision by ensuring funding for the position of a full-time coordinator (Coordinator) to supervise interstate transfers of adult offenders by:

 

(1)  Requiring that all fees collected by the Judiciary for applications made by parolees and probationers for transfer to out-of-state supervision be deposited into the Probation Services Special Fund (Special Fund);

 

(2)  Authorizing the use of funds from the Special Fund for the Coordinator; and

 

     (3)  Stipulating that the Judiciary's expenditures from the Special Fund are limited to $400,000 in any fiscal year.

 

     The Judiciary supported this bill.  The Department of Budget and Finance opposed this bill.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 231, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,

 

 

		____________________________ FAYE HANOHANO, Chair