STAND. COM. REP. NO.  402

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 414

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred H.B. No. 414 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Public Safety to establish:

 

     (1)  Performance measures to be incorporated in reports that evaluate program outcomes and progress toward specific goals, as required by the Community Safety Act of 2007; and

 

     (2)  Performance indicators to be incorporated in monthly performance reports to the Legislature.

 

     The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Hawaii Paroling Authority and Department of Public Safety opposed this bill.

 

     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. 414 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