Bill Text: HI SB490 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Compliance On Hawaiian Home Lands.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [SB490 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB490-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO COMPLIANCE ON HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that illegal activity occurring on Hawaiian home lands threatens the health and safety of the community. Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds to the department of law enforcement to hire law enforcement officers dedicated to investigating complaints, conducting investigations, and cooperating with enforcement authorities to ensure compliance with state laws and rules, county ordinances, including the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, and the rules adopted thereunder, on Hawaiian home lands; provided that the law enforcement officers hired for this purpose shall not be prohibited from exercising their law enforcement authority outside of the Hawaiian home lands.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2023-2024 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2024-2025 for the department of law enforcement to hire full-time equivalent ( .0 FTE) law enforcement officers dedicated to the Hawaiian home lands; provided that notwithstanding their dedication to the Hawaiian home lands, these law enforcement officers shall not be prohibited from exercising their authority outside of the Hawaiian home lands.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of law enforcement for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on March 22, 2075.
Report Title:
Compliance and Enforcement; Hawaiian Home Lands; Department of Law Enforcement; Appropriation
Description:
Appropriates funds to the Department of Law Enforcement to hire law enforcement officers dedicated to investigating complaints, conducting investigations, and cooperating with enforcement authorities to ensure compliance with state laws and rules, county ordinances, including the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, and the rules adopted thereunder, on Hawaiian home lands; provided that the law enforcement officers hired for this purpose shall not be prohibited from exercising their law enforcement authority outside of the Hawaiian home lands. Takes effect 03/22/2075. (SD2)
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