STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2864

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3048

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3048, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONSERVATION OFFICER AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT TRAINING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate

moneys to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the

establishment of a training academy for conservation and

resources enforcement officers.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources; Hanalei Watershed Hui; Kuaaina Ulu Auamo; OCC Legislative Priorities Committee, Democratic Party of Hawaii; and five individuals.

Your Committee believes that the establishment of a training academy for conservation and resources enforcement officers will allow the Department of Land and Natural Resources, through its Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement, to provide recruits with necessary training in conservation and law enforcement.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation from $500,928 to an unspecified amount;

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

(3) 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 Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3048, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3048, S.D. 2.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair