HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	840
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the State's correctional facilities are extremely old and are in need of significant repair and maintenance.  An outdated correctional facility that is rebuilt and upgraded, incorporating modern technology, is a cost-efficient way to provide the State with an improved and modern correctional facility.

     The legislature further finds that the Oahu community correctional center is a critical facility that is in need of repairs and upgrades.  Moving the Oahu community correctional center's inmates and provided services to the Halawa correctional facility, a location that is capable of accommodating a new multi-story facility if several older portions of the prison are torn down and replaced, furthers public safety and provides the State with a much-needed, modern correctional facility.  In addition, this strategy would allow for the redevelopment of the original Oahu community correctional center site in Kalihi, a desirable location due in part to the site's close proximity to a future rail transit station.  Redevelopment of the Oahu community correctional center site could include housing, retail, restaurants, government buildings, and parks.

     The purpose of this Act is to require and appropriate funds for the department of public safety to construct a multi-story correctional facility at the Halawa correctional facility to replace the existing Oahu community correctional center, furthering public safety and providing the State with an updated, modern correctional facility.

     SECTION 2.  (a)  The department of public safety shall construct a multi-story correctional facility at the Halawa correctional facility to replace the existing Oahu community correctional center; provided that the new facility shall:

     (1)  Provide housing for at least one thousand five hundred inmates; and

     (2)  Accommodate the inmates and the services currently housed at the Oahu community correctional center.

     (b)  The department of public safety may enter into a public-private partnership to plan, design, and construct the multi-story correctional facility.

     (c)  As part of the planning process, the department of public safety shall hold a community partnering meeting to receive community input and comments regarding the proposed location, size, programming, and other matters pertaining to the multi-story correctional facility.

     (d)  The multi-story correctional facility shall be a secure, minimum- to medium-security community correctional facility designed to provide intensive in-house rehabilitation programs for the treatment of chemical dependency and abuse and other mental health problems.

     (e)  The multi-story correctional facility shall be designed to be operated by the State with the capability of providing a range of programs that address education, prevention, and treatment and are directed at preventing drug and substance abuse and treating other mental health problems.

     SECTION 3.  The director of finance is authorized to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $           or so much thereof as may be necessary and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary is appropriated for fiscal year 2015-2016 for the planning, design, and construction of a multi-story correctional facility at the Halawa correctional facility to replace the existing Oahu community correctional center.

     SECTION 4.  The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of public safety for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 5.  The appropriation made for the capital improvement project authorized by this Act shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal biennium for which the appropriation is made; provided that all moneys from the appropriation unencumbered as of June 30, 2018, shall lapse as of that date.

     SECTION 6.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2015.

 

 

Report Title:

Department of Public Safety; Oahu Community Correctional Center; Halawa Correctional Facility; Construction; General Obligation Bonds; Appropriation

 

Description:

Requires the department of public safety to construct a multi-story correctional facility at the Halawa correctional facility to replace the existing Oahu community correctional center.  Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for the planning, design, and construction of the multi-story correctional facility.  (SD1)

 

 

 

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