Report Title:

Correctional Program Revolving Fund; Repeal

 

Description:

Repeals section 353-33, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which establishes the correctional program revolving fund for the purpose of offsetting the cost of providing programs for inmates.

 


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2009

TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT


 

 

relating to corrections.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 353-33, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.

     ["[§353-33]  Correctional program revolving fund; program fees.  (a)  There is established within the state treasury the correctional program revolving fund.  This fund shall be expended at the discretion of the director for the purpose of offsetting the cost of providing programs for inmates.

     (b)  The revolving fund shall consist of funds derived from fees collected pursuant to subsection (c).

     (c)  The director may charge any committed or detained person a fee for participation in a correctional program; provided that no person shall be denied access to a program because of the person's inability to pay the fee.  The fee shall be reasonably related to the actual cost of providing the program, except that the fee may be reduced, in whole or in part, at the discretion of the director if the director finds that the person is unable to pay the entire fee.  All fees collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in the correctional program revolving fund.

     (d)  The director shall submit an annual report on the status of the correctional program revolving fund to the legislature at least twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session of the legislature.  The report shall include but not be limited to the following:

     (1)  The amount of moneys received and deposited in the correctional program revolving fund for the fiscal year just ended; and

     (2)  Descriptions and amounts of expenditures made from the fund, and the balances remaining on June 30 of each year.

     The director may include the aforementioned report in its annual report to the legislature and the governor."]

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

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