Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2295 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

The State Board of Private Detectives and Guards (Board) testified in support of this bill.

The Department of the Attorney General determined that sections 463-5 and 463-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, are unconstitutional since they require residency as a condition of licensure. Your Committee finds that this bill addresses the constitutional concerns properly.

Your Committee agrees with the Board's policy of allowing an agency to employ more than one principal to aid in the direct management and control of the agency's employees. As an agency's business increases, so do staffing requirements and the number of offices or locations. Accordingly, your Committee finds that allowing an agency to employ more than one principal detective or guard is logical for the practicalities of business and ensures consumer safety.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2295 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.