STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2627

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 3109

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3109, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CORRECTIONAL PROGRAM REVOLVING FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to repeal the correctional program revolving fund.

     The Department of Public Safety submitted testimony in support of this measure.

     Your Committee finds that a recent report by the Auditor dated October 2007 included a recommendation that the Legislature reassess the need for repeal of the correctional program revolving fund.  The fund was established to offset the cost of inmate programs through revenues derived from fees charged to committed or detained persons participating in correctional programs.  However, the fund has been closed since 1996 due to inactivity and has no funds in it.  The Committee accordingly finds that the fund should be repealed.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3109, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair