STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1496-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 136

  H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Public Safety & Military Affairs and Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 136 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ESTABLISH AN INMATE CONSERVATION CORPS PILOT PROGRAM ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to develop new methods to strengthen conservation efforts in the state by requesting the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and the Department of Public Safety (PSD) to establish an Inmate Conservation Corps Pilot Program (Pilot Program) on the island of Hawaii to perform resource conservation projects.

 

     The Community Alliance on Prisons and a concerned individual supported this concurrent resolution.  PSD supported the intent of this measure.  DLNR opposed this concurrent resolution.

 

     Your Committees have amended this concurrent resolution by requesting that DLNR and PSD to:

 

(1)  Develop a plan to establish a Pilot Program;

 

(2)  Suggest qualifications for participation in the Pilot Program, taking into consideration such factors as security risks, education, and physical fitness;

(3)  Determine estimated staffing and transportation requirements to implement the Pilot Program;

 

(4)  Establish costs that would be incurred in implementing the Pilot Program, and any grants and subsidies to offset costs, including possible fees for services provided by the Pilot Program; and

 

(5)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

Accordingly, your Committees have further amended this concurrent resolution by amending its title to read:  REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE INMATE CONSERVATION CORPS PILOT PROGRAM.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety & Military Affairs and Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 136, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 136, H.D. 1

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety & Military Affairs and Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

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KEN ITO, Chair

 

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CINDY EVANS, Chair