STAND. COM. REP. NO.  299-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2389

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred H.B. No. 2389 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT MAXIMIZATION SPECIAL FUND,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to allow the Department of Public Safety to use funds deposited into the the Federal Reimbursement Maximization Special Fund for corrections workforce recruitment and retention.  

 

     The Department of Public Safety and the United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, and AFL-CIO supported this measure.

 

     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. 2389 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,

 

 

 

 

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GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair