STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2718

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2589

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2589, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to transfer law enforcement functions and authority related to harbors law enforcement from the Department of Transportation to the Department of Public Safety.

 

     Written comments in support were submitted by the Department of Transportation.

 

     Your Committee finds that consolidating harbor law enforcement functions in the Department of Public Safety and requiring harbor police officers to meet state sheriff qualifications will benefit the State by standardizing skill requirements and increasing professionalism.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

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

 

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

 

     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. 2589, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2589, S.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair