STAND. COM. REP. NO.  498

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1440

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 1440, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify that the Office of the Ombudsman has jurisdiction to investigate the contractual acts of any correctional facility with which the Department of Public Safety (DPS) has contracted to hold persons committed to the custody of the Director of Public Safety.

     The League of Women Voters of Hawaii, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, and two concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  DPS opposed this measure.  The Office of the Ombudsman offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments to correct drafting errors.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1440, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1440, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

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MICHAEL Y. MAGAOAY, Chair