STAND. COM. REP. NO.  729-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3355

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 3355 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRIC GUNS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow county liquor investigators to possess electric guns.

     The Hawaii Rifle Association testified in support of this bill.  The County of Maui Department of Liquor Control supported this bill with amendments.  The Honolulu Police Department and the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii opposed this measure, noting safety concerns and the need for training.  An individual offered comments.

     Proponents of this bill have assured your Committee that safety training will equal that provided to police officers.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3355, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3355, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair