STAND. COM. REP. NO.  39

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 218

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 218 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CORRECTIONS POPULATION MANAGEMENT COMMISSION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to enhance the Corrections Population Management Commission's capacity to examine the issue of the disproportionate number of Native Hawaiians in the criminal justice system by:

 

     (1)  Adding two new members; and

 

     (2)  Specifying the background and appointment process for the additional public member.

 

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Department of Public Safety, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, the Community Alliance on Prisons, the National Association of Reformed Offenders, Alii Pauahi Hawaiian Civic Club, and a few individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 218, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 218, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Public Safety.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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FAYE HANOHANO, Chair