Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2614 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to enhance the safety of visitors to Hawaii by requiring the chief of police in counties with a resident population of 500,000 or more to establish an Aloha Aina Patrol (Patrol) for the county. The Patrol will:

(1) Provide security and assistance to visitors; and

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Hawaii Tourism Authority, and Honolulu Police Department submitted comments.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2614 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Tourism and Culture.