STAND. COM. REP. NO. 36

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 70

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water and Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 70 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Department of Land and Natural Resources to pursue and obtain accreditation for the Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA).

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and one individual.

Your Committee finds that proper training and organizational support are imperative to the success of law enforcement officers. As recently as 2020, the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement was required to obtain accreditation in the use of electric guns from CALEA. However, Act 183, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, inadvertently ended that requirement when it repealed the entirety of section 134-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Therefore, this measure will reinstate the requirement and provide funding for the Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement to once again obtain accreditation from CALEA.

Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 70, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 70, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water and Land,

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair