STAND. COM. REP. NO.649-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 1751

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1751, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to make an appropriation for the Sex Offender Treatment Program to fund various treatment and assessment services for parolees under the supervision of the Hawaii Paroling Authority (HPA).

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Public Safety, HPA, ACLU of Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, and a concerned individual.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the amount of the appropriation to $1 for the purpose of continued discussion; and

(2) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for clarity and consistency.

 

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 H.B. No. 1751, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1751, H.D. 2.

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

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair