STAND. COM. REP. NO.  369-22

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2022

 

RE:   H.B. No. 892

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 892 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Clarify the membership requirements for the Law Enforcement Standards Board to facilitate participation and representation;

 

     (2)  Enable the Law Enforcement Standards Board to research the impact of uniform standards, certification, and training on existing legal requirements;

 

     (3)  Establish new deadlines for the completion of the Law Enforcement Standards Board's significant responsibilities; and

 

     (4)  Appropriate funds to enable the Law Enforcement Standards Board to accomplish its mission.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Department of Taxation, Department of the Attorney General, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Law Enforcement Standards Board, Hawaii Police Department, and one individual.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Public Safety.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Law Enforcement Standards Board needs significantly more time and resources to accomplish its mission of providing programs and standards for training and certification of law enforcement officers.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     Your Committee respectfully requests your Committee on Finance, should it deliberate on this measure, to consider increasing the appropriation amount in this measure to $483,000 to cover the costs of staffing and expenses of the Law Enforcement Standards Board.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 892, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 892, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair