STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1044

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 695

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 695, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FENCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow the use of battery-charged security fences for non-agricultural purposes under certain circumstances.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Amarok.

Your Committee finds that approximately $85,000,000 in property value was reported stolen in the State in 2022. This is a 6.6 percent increase from 2021. Your Committee further finds that various businesses are seeking effective security solutions. This measure will authorize battery-charged security fencing as a means of averting criminal activity.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the energizer used for a battery-charged security fence must meet the standards set forth in the most current edition of the International Electrotechnical Commission Standard 60335-2-76; and

(2) 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 Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 695, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 695, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair