STAND. COM. REP. NO.1482

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: S.C.R. No. 156

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 156, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A REVIEW OF THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF RELOCATING THE OAHU COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL CENTER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request a review of the economic viability of relocating the Oahu Community Correctional Center.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this concurrent resolution from the Department of Public Safety (DPS). The Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) submitted comments on this measure and suggested several amendments.

Your Committee finds that LRB is not equipped to carry out the type of review that this measure, as received, requests. For instance, LRB does not have staff with expertise in the fields of real estate appraisal, correctional facility design and construction, site selection, and economic analysis.

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting the word "economic" from the title so as not to restrict the scope of the work requested;

(2) Deleting the four "BE IT RESOLVED" clauses contained in the measure as received;

(3) Resolving that the Legislature believes that the Oahu Community Correctional Center should be relocated and a new secure facility should be constructed at a new site;

(4) Requesting the Governor to assemble a team including, but not limited to, representatives from DPS, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Department of Accounting and General Services, and Department of the Attorney General to develop a plan for the relocation of the Oahu Community Correctional Center and for the construction of a new secure facility at a new site to be selected after careful review;

(5) Requesting that LRB assist the Governor's team in drafting any proposed legislation; and

(6) Transmitting certified copies of the measure to the members of the Governor's team and LRB.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 156, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 156, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs,

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NESTOR GARCIA, Chair