STAND. COM. REP. NO.  770

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 491

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 491 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Public Safety (PSD) to seek and obtain accreditation for its Sheriff Division from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. by December 1, 2014.

     The Sheriff Division-Maui Section and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  PSD and a concerned individual provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Deleting the date by which accreditation must be obtained; and

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 491, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 491, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair