STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1430-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 3079

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Public Safety, to which was referred S.B. No. 3079, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase staff and resources for the Department of Public Safety's (DPS) Sheriff Division on the island of Hawaii by:

(1) Establishing one full-time equivalent permanent lieutenant position in the Kona unit of the Sheriff Division within the DPS; and

(2) Appropriating funds for the initial six-month hiring period and for one-time costs for the purchase of position-related uniforms and equipment, with the condition that funds for the position be included and requested within the DPS's base budget for subsequent years at a rate equivalent to the base salary for the position as determined by the DPS.

The Judiciary, DPS, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and a concerned individual supported this measure.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Adding the substantive provisions of House Bill No. 2383, H.D. 1, which was heard and recommended for passage by the Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Public Safety earlier this session and establishes statutory authorization for special duty employment, commonly referred to as special duty services, by deputy sheriffs;

(2) Changing the one full-time equivalent position established for the Kona unit to an unspecified number; and

(3) Changing the effective date to January 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

Should the Committee on Finance deliberate on this measure further, your Committees respectfully request that it consider appropriating $46,319 for fiscal year 2018-2019 for the lieutenant position.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Public Safety that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3079, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3079, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Public Safety,

____________________________ GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair

____________________________ AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair