Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Labor and Public Employment and Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1772 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to allow applicants for police officer positions to be nonresidents provided that they establish residency upon employment.

The Maui Police Department and the Hawaii County Police Department submitted testimony in support of this measure.

Difficulties in recruiting applicants for police officer vacancies continue to be a problem for the counties. This has created not only a hardship for already strained police resources, but also has implications on the safety of the general public. Allowing police agencies to accept applications for vacant police officer positions as long as applicants establish residency within the State upon time of employment, the pool of applicants will be broadened assisting in the hiring of more police officers.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Labor and Public Employment and Public Safety and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1772 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.