STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1006-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 892

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 892, 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:

(1) Clarify the membership requirements for the Law Enforcement Standards Board to facilitate participation and representation;

(2) Require the Law Enforcement Standards Board to consider studies relevant to its objectives and conduct its own study to evaluate how to satisfy its duties;

(3) Establish new deadlines for the completion of the Law Enforcement Standards Board's significant responsibilities; and

(4) Appropriate funds to enable the Law Enforcement Standards Board to accomplish its mission.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of the Attorney General, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Transportation, Hawai‘i Police Department, and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance, Department of Public Safety, and Law Enforcement Standards Board.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Making the amount of the appropriations unspecified;

(2) Making the number of full-time equivalent positions unspecified;

(3) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

(4) 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 H.B. No. 892, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 892, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair