STAND. COM. REP. NO. 157

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 602
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No.
602 entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to transfer the rights, powers,
functions, and duties of personnel assigned to the parole
administration division of the Hawaii Paroling Authority to the
Department of Public Safety.

     Your Committee finds that transferring adult parole
supervision and counseling from the Hawaii Paroling Authority to
the Department of Public Safety will smooth the transition of
criminal offenders from the prison system back into society.
Your Committee further finds that thirty-nine other states
already place adult parole supervision within their respective
public safety departments instead of within a separate paroling
authority.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Department of Public Safety.  Testimony in opposition to this
measure was submitted by the Hawaii Paroling Authority.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
measure by making technical, non-substantive changes for the
purposes of clarity and style.


 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
602, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 602, S.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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



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                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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