STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2214

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2113

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2113 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A CONTRACT BETWEEN COUNTY OF KAUAI AND KAUAI HUMANE SOCIETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to repeal the requirement that the County of Kauai contract with the Kauai Humane Society for the seizure and impoundment of unlicensed dogs and related actions.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Kauai Humane Society; Animal Haven; and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that the County of Kauai is mandated to contract with the Kauai Humane Society regarding the seizure and impoundment of unlicensed dogs.  Due to a lack of funding, the Kauai Humane Society is faced with decreased operational hours, making the requirements set forth in section 143-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes, difficult to fulfill.  This measure will prevent statutory violations through the repeal of the requirement that the County of Kauai contract with the Kauai Humane Society.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2113 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

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WILL ESPERO, Chair