STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1596-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2589

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2589, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to transfer law enforcement functions and authority related to harbors law enforcement from the Department of Transportation to the Department of Public Safety.

The Department of Public Safety provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Transportation and Department of the Attorney General provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Specifying that all powers, functions, and duties of the Harbors Division of the Department of Transportation related to law enforcement, including those of the state harbors civil violations system, are transferred to the Department of Public Safety; and

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

     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 S.B. No. 2589, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2589, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair