STAND. COM. REP. NO.  617-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 1722

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 1722 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO POLICE POWERS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize a police officer to enter private property without the prior consent of the property owner in order to exercise all powers, privileges, and authority necessary to enforce the laws of the State; provided that the property is generally open to the public.

The Department of Hawaiian Homelands, Nanakuli Hawaiian Homestead Community Association, and four individuals submitted testimony in support of this measure.  Four individuals opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, for the purpose of facilitating further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1722, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1722, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources and Housing,

____________________________ RIDA T.R. CABANILLA, Chair

____________________________ JERRY L. CHANG, Chair