STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2689

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2936

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2936 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish a working group to analyze the capitol district security infrastructure and develop a plan for an integrated camera surveillance system.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services.

     Your Committee finds that strategically placed cameras in the capitol district will provide a safe and cost-effective method of increasing security at the state capitol, Washington Place, the Governor's residence, ‘Iolani Palace, the Hawaii State Art Museum, the Hawaii State Library, the Kalanimoku and Aliiolani Hale buildings, and the first district court building.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion on the measure; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2936, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2936, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair