STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1676-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2688

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2688, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CORRECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish the Hawaii Juvenile Justice Commission (Commission) to oversee the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities (HYCF) and the Office of Youth Services (OYS).

The United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO supported this bill with amendments. The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO, and Hawaii Disability Rights Center opposed this measure. The Department of Human Resources Development, Department of the Attorney General, OYS, and HYCF offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Removing provisions that exempted employees of the Commission from civil service;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

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

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. 2688, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2688, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair