Bill Text: HI SB166 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Clean and Sober Homes and Halfway Houses; Task Force

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [SB166 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SB166-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 710

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 166

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 166 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CLEAN AND SOBER HOME AND HALFWAY HOUSE TASK FORCE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to improve the operation of clean and sober homes and halfway houses in the State by establishing a task force to determine how the homes may be held accountable for following all applicable laws, without requiring state licensing.

 

     Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

 

     Your Committee finds that clean and sober homes and halfway houses are critical to the successful rehabilitation of persons who have recently been released from incarceration and persons who have substance abuse issues.  Appropriate procedures would ensure the effective operation of the facilities and improved relations with residents who reside near the facilities.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion of the issues; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     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. 166, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 166, S.D. 1.

 

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

 

		____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Chair