STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3360

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 46

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 46 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE CREATION OF AN ENFORCEMENT DIVISION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request that the Hawaiian Homes Commission conduct a feasibility study for the creation of an enforcement division with police powers within the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and one individual.

Your Committee finds that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has an enforcement section to investigate complaints regarding trespassing and other misuses of Hawaiian home lands. Despite duties requiring the section to initiate actions to evict trespassers and curtail illegal activities, it must rely on county police to enforce any action. This resolution requests a feasibility study for the creation of an enforcement division with police powers within the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

Your Committee has amended this measure by requesting the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to conduct the study instead of the Hawaiian Homes Commission.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 46, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 46, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs,

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MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair