CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 90-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2976

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2976, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure to appropriate money to reduce the overcrowding in Hawaii's correctional facilities by allowing the Department of Public Safety to:

(1) Contract for additional correctional beds on the mainland and at the federal detention center; and

(2) Pay for transportation costs to transfer inmates.

After careful consideration, your Committee on Conference amended this measure by:

(1) Appropriating the sum of $300,000 for additional transportation and necessary operation costs to house inmates in the federal detention center in Honolulu or in mainland correctional facilities; and

(2) Changing the effective date to "upon its approval."

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2976, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2976, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

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KEN ITO, Co-Chair

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COLLEEN HANABUSA, Co-Chair

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Co-Chair

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair