CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO.188

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 1999

                            RE:   H.B. No. 157
                                  H.D. 2
                                  S.D. 2
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate
in H.B. No. 157, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

    "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIME,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to reduce prison overcrowding by
establishing and funding an integrated community sanctions
program consisting of:

     (1) Drug treatment programs including making permanent the
         drug court program within the circuit court of the first
         circuit;

     (2) Community reintegration programs;

     (3) Residential work-furlough programs;


 
 
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     (4) The Halfway In, Halfway Back" program for nonviolent
         inmates who are within the last six months of their
         incarceration;

     (5) Early parole programs; and

     (6) Post-release sex offender and substance abuse treatment
         services.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by
deleting all provisions except for the drug court and the
"Halfway In, Halfway back" program.

     Your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent
and purpose of H.B. No. 157, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached
hereto as H.B. No. 157, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted,

MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE        MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE
           SENATE                              HOUSE
                                   
                                   
                                   
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AVERY CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair           ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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MATT M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair        NESTOR R. GARCIA, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair           SCOTT K. SAIKI, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair             DAVID A. PENDLETON, Member



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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Member

 
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WHITNEY ANDERSON, Member