STAND. COM. REP. NO.  769-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2460

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2460, 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 help the recruitment of personnel for law enforcement positions within state government and standardize law enforcement training among various state departments and agencies by establishing and appropriating funds for a State Law Enforcement Training Academy within the Department of Public Safety to train candidates for law enforcement positions within the state government.

The Department of Public Safety and Honolulu Police Department testified in opposition to this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided comments.

     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. 2460, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair