CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 104-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2008

RE:    S.B. No. 2334

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam and Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2334, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to repeal the exemption from civil service of the first and second deputy sheriff positions within the Sheriffs Division of the Department of Public Safety and to require the Sheriff and Deputy Director for Law Enforcement who are employed on or after July 1, 2050, to be graduates of a law enforcement academy.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2008; and

     (2)  Exempting persons hired before July 1, 2008, from the requirement of graduation from a law enforcement academy; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2334, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2334, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ CINDY EVANS, Co-Chair	____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair
____________________________ ALEX M. SONSON, Co-Chair	____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair
____________________________ SHARON E. HAR, Co-Chair