STAND. COM. REP. NO. 687

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1181

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 1181, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMMITTED PERSONS ON FURLOUGH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Add child support payments as obligations for inmates on furlough who are employed and prioritize the order in which various obligations shall be paid; and

 

     (2)  Specify the percentage of earnings that shall be deducted to satisfy outstanding orders regarding restitution, crime victim compensation, other fees and fines, and child support and reimbursement to the State for the cost of room and board.

 

     Your Committee did not accept any testimony on this measure.

 

     Your Committee finds that child support orders are not included in statute as financial obligations for committed persons on furlough who are employed outside of the correctional facility.  This measure adds child support payments as priority obligations for inmates on furlough who are employed.  Your Committee further finds that this measure specifies that twenty-five percent of the net earnings of inmates who are employed while on furlough shall be deducted to satisfy outstanding restitution orders, which aligns with section 10, Act 139, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, and adds other court ordered fees and fines as obligations.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1181, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

 

 

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair