STAND. COM. REP. NO.90-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 2008

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2008 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PRISON ALTERNATIVES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for a pilot program to develop puuhonua healing centers as alternatives to incarceration.

The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, the Malu `Aina Center for Non-violent Education and Action, A Woman's Voice International, the First Christian Church, the American Civil Liberties Union Hawaii, the Community Alliance on Prisons, several faculty from Hawaii Community College, E Ho`opakele, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure. The Department of Public Safety (DPS) supported the intent of this measure with suggested amendments.

Your Committee finds that puuhonua healing centers and the ho`oponopono process described by the supporters of this measure form an excellent example of community-based rehabilitation and a very encouraging option as an alternative to incarceration. Your Committee applauds the cooperative efforts made by the community and the active participation by DPS. However, DPS will be most successful in this effort only with the cooperation of other affected state departments and the community.

Upon further review, your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting the explicit reference to E Ho`opakele, as this might be considered in violation of procurement statutes;

(2) Amending the reporting language to include input from the Department of Human Services, Department of Health, the Judiciary, and interested community organizations identified by the Director of Public Safety; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2008, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2008, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs,

 

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NESTOR GARCIA, Chair