STAND. COM. REP. NO. 238

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 627
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental
Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 627, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND
     EMPLOYEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to eliminate the state
residency requirement for employment in positions involved in the
performance of services in planning and executing measures for
the security of Hawaii and the United States, such as those in
the police departments.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
City and County of Honolulu Police Department.

     Currently, in order to be a law enforcement officer in
Hawaii, one must be a Hawaii resident.  Your Committee finds that
there are currently 234 vacancies in the City and County of
Honolulu Police Department.  Your committee further finds that
recently, out of 930 applicants, only 39 applicants were selected
to enter recruit school.  

     Your Committee finds that an average of thirty applicants
per exam for employment with the City and County of Honolulu are
considered ineligible because they are nonresidents.  By
eliminating the residency requirement, the Police Department will
have a larger pool of applicants to select from, whereby job
vacancies could be filled by qualified individuals.

 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs that is
attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the
intent and purpose of S.B. No. 627 and recommends that it pass
Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Transportation
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs,



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                                   CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

 
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