Bill Text: HI SR63 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requesting DPS to enter a public-private partnership for new correctional facilities.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-02 - The committee on WAM deferred the measure. [SR63 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2014-SR63-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.R. NO.	63
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE RESOLUTION

 

 

requesting the department of public safety to enter into a public-private partnership agreement for correctional facilities.

 

 

     WHEREAS, part of the mission of the Department of Public Safety (Department) is to operate a statewide system of correctional facilities with professionalism, integrity, and fairness; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Legislature believes that returning inmates to Hawaii from facilities the State sends them to in other states would be in the best interest of Hawaii and would serve the economic and social interests of Hawaii's residents; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Department operates seven correctional facilities on the four major Hawaiian islands; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Department’s seven correctional facilities are in need of modernization or expansion to meet the State’s current correctional needs; and

 

     WHEREAS, pursuant to section 353-16.36, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Governor may enter into and execute contracts with a private entity to construct correctional facilities to be leased or purchased for the benefit of the State; and

 

     WHEREAS, the State is interested in entering into a public-private partnership to plan, design, construct, prepare, and provide the financing for new, expanded, or renovated correctional facilities statewide, as permitted under chapter 37D, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

 

     WHEREAS, the State has used the type of financing agreement envisioned for the correctional facilities on other projects; and

 

     WHEREAS, future appropriations may be necessary for the Department to meet payment obligations under this type of public-private partnership agreement; and

 

     WHEREAS, financing agreements or private financing for the development of correctional facilities on state lands are not likely to provide better interest rates or financing costs than general obligation bonds; and

 

     WHEREAS, the State could capitalize on the equity value of existing assets and may desire to enter into land or property agreements that may entail a sale, exchange, lease, or any combination thereof, to reduce or improve future costs or payment obligations of the State through a public-private partnership agreement; and

 

     WHEREAS, a developer could develop lands or property sold, exchanged, leased, or any combination thereof, and construct improvements other than correctional facilities in the public-private partnership agreement; and

 

     WHEREAS, a request for proposals to enter into a public-private partnership to plan, design, construct, finance, and prepare for operation, expanded, renovated, or new facilities is anticipated; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-seventh Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2014, that the Department is hereby encouraged to enter into a public-private partnership agreement for the planning, design, construction, financing, and preparation for operation of expanded, renovated, or new correctional facilities statewide; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this body supports the construction of correctional facilities statewide and expresses its support for future appropriations and land or property agreements that may include sales, exchanges, leases, or any combination thereof that may be necessary for the Department to meet future payment obligations under the agreement; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, the Comptroller, the Director of Finance, the Director of Public Safety, the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, the Attorney General, the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, and the Mayors and County Council members of each county.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Requesting DPS to enter a public-private partnership for new correctional facilities.