STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1586

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1129

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1129, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL DUTY FOR DEPUTY SHERIFFS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Department of Public Safety to adopt policies and procedures to govern the performance of special duty by deputy sheriffs and to establish a compensation schedule for law enforcement services provided by deputy sheriffs performing special duty.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Taxation, Department of Public Safety, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Office of Elections, Stadium Authority, University of Hawaii, Hawaii Government Employees Association, and two individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that the current informal process for assigning deputy sheriffs to perform special duty may lack appropriate standards of consistency, transparency, and fairness within the Department of Public Safety.  This measure represents a positive step in the direction of formally establishing policies and procedures for special duty assignment of deputy sheriffs.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Deleting the new statutory section that would be codified in chapter 353C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and replacing it with new provisions to be enacted in session laws;

 

(2)  Requiring the Department of Public Safety to submit a report to the Legislature by February 1, 2018, that, among other things, sets forth:

 

          (A)  The policies and procedures established pursuant to this measure, including the compensation charged for special duty and the process by which deputy sheriffs are selected for special duty;

 

          (B)  Amounts paid by state departments and agencies for deputy sheriffs performing special duty; and

 

          (C)  The compensation received by deputy sheriffs performing special duty;

 

(3)  Repealing the measure on June 30, 2018; and

 

(4)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity 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 H.B. No. 1129, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1129, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair