STAND. COM. REP. NO.  355-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2657

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred H.B. No. 2657 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to work to curb the substance abuse problem facing the people of Hawaii by requiring the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to:

 

     (1)  Plan for a model wellness center to be built on State lands, giving preference to the site formerly used as the Kulani Correctional Facility on the Island of Hawaii; and

 

     (2)  Report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature 20 days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2011.

 

     The Community Alliance on Prisons, Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, Ohana Hoopakele, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  DPS testified in opposition to this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2657 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,

 

 

 

 

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FAYE HANOHANO, Chair