STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2594

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2396

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2396, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PAROLING AUTHORITY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to enhance the performance of the Hawaii Paroling Authority by:

 

     (1)  Adding two part-time members to the Paroling Authority, for a total of four part-time members and one full-time chair;

 

     (2)  Requiring the Governor to establish the salary of the chair of the Paroling Authority; and

 

     (3)  Appropriating funds for the additional expenses of the new part-time members of the Paroling Authority.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Public Safety.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Hawaii Paroling Authority has maintained the same number of members for decades even though its workload has risen significantly over the years due to an increase in incarceration rates.  The adding of members to the Paroling Authority will facilitate the proper deliberation of issues when the Paroling Authority reviews cases and makes decisions that are vital to public safety.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion of this measure; and

 

     (2)  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 Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2396, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2396, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair