Bill Text: HI SB2430 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Cargo Inspections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-08 - The committee on TRE deferred the measure. [SB2430 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2430-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to cargo inspections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that over ninety per cent of the more than two hundred thousand shipping cargo containers that arrive in Hawaii each year are from the continental United States. Only a small fraction of these containers, however, are inspected by government agencies. Shipping companies conduct random checks of less than five per cent of incoming cargo containers, and these inspections are mainly conducted to ensure that senders of cargo have been properly charged. The lack of sufficient cargo inspections means that there is ample opportunity for illegal fireworks and explosives to be smuggled into the State.
The legislature further finds that increased inspections need to be carefully crafted to avoid delays and inefficiencies in harbor operations that could impede commerce. One approach is to use dogs to inspect cargo after arrival at the harbors but prior to pick-up.
The purpose of this Act is to increase random inspections of incoming cargo for illegal fireworks and explosives by establishing a pilot program using dogs to inspect cargo shipments after arrival at the harbors.
SECTION 2. (a) The departments of defense and transportation, in consultation with federal and state agencies and private organizations involved with shipping cargo into the State, may develop and implement a three-year pilot program to use dogs to inspect incoming cargo for illegal fireworks and explosives smuggled into the State. The program, if implemented, shall begin no later than January 31, 2019.
(b) Any pilot program under subsection (a) shall include the use of dogs to inspect incoming cargo that, after arrival into the State, is to be transported from any harbor to off-site facilities that include:
(1) Freight forwarder warehouses and other facilities where consolidated cargo transported from any state harbor to the final destination is segregated and prepared for delivery; and
(2) Other commercial facilities where cargo containers transported from any state harbor are unloaded.
SECTION 3. If a pilot program is implemented pursuant to this Act, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the 2020 regular session, the department of transportation shall submit to the legislature a report on the implementation of the pilot program established pursuant to this Act. The report shall include findings and recommendations, including costs expended to date, the estimated cost of operating the program on a permanent basis, and any proposed legislation.
SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the federal funds received under the homeland security grant program the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 to establish and administer a pilot program authorized by this Act.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of transportation for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2018, and shall be repealed on June 30, .
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Report Title:
Cargo Inspections; Pilot Program; Fireworks; Explosives
Description:
Permits the establishment of a pilot program to use dogs to inspect incoming cargo for illegal fireworks and explosives, after the cargo has been transported from the harbors.
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