STAND. COM. REP. NO.  933-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2071

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2071, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to ensure standards of professionalism and accountability for law enforcement officers in the State by establishing a Law Enforcement Standards Board to develop and enforce standards for training and certification of:

 

     (1)  County police officers;

 

     (2)  State public safety officers; and

 

     (3)  Employees of the Department of Transportation, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Taxation, and Department of the Attorney General who are conferred with police powers.

 

     The Department of Transportation and two concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Kauai Police Department, Hawaii Police Department, and two concerned individuals testified in opposition to this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Public Safety, Department of the Attorney General, and Department of Budget and Finance provided comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2071, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair