STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1305-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3019

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Water & Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 3019, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require and appropriate funds for the Department of Land and Natural Resources to seek and obtain accreditation for the Conservation and Resources Enforcement Program from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies by June 30, 2025.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources; Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; and two individuals. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual. Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committees find that in 2009, the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement participated in the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies' formal accreditation process. However, due to various funding and logistical challenges, it was determined that the accreditation effort was not feasible. This measure provides the appropriate funding necessary for the Department of Land and Natural Resources to participate in the accreditation process and ensure that its law enforcement officers are properly trained and are maintaining best practices.

Your Committees have amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

Your Committees note that the appropriation amount in this measure to support the accreditation efforts by the Department of Land and Natural Resources should be $1,000,000, with a recurring appropriation amount of $750,000.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Water & Land that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3019, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3019, 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 Energy & Environmental Protection and Water & Land,

____________________________ DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair

____________________________ NICOLE E. LOWEN, Chair