STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1835

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2021

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1194

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1194, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY RELATING TO COVID-19 EXPENDITURES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to make emergency appropriations to the Department of Public Safety to continue funding for certain programs and activities related to COVID-19 response efforts.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Public Safety and one individual.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting the following appropriation amounts for fiscal year 2020-2021:

 

          (A)  $2,106,460 for healthcare professional costs and inmate hospitalization expenses at non-state facilities for Hawaii inmates;

 

          (B)  $1,100,000 for providing food services and deep cleaning, disinfecting, and sanitizing departmental offices and correctional facilities; and

 

          (C)  $136,201 for security costs, overtime, and other payroll costs for ten existing deputy sheriff positions providing security screening and protocols for the Safe Travels Hawaii Program; and

 

     (2)  Making it effective upon its approval.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1194, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1194, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair