STAND. COM. REP. NO.  129-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2389

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 2389 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to protect water safety officers from being physically attacked while performing their duties.  This bill makes it a class C felony for assaulting water safety officers.

 

     The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 125, AFL-CIO, and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.  The City and County of Honolulu Emergency Services Department and the Hawaiian Lifeguard Association supported the intent of this bill.  The Community Alliance on Prisons offered comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2389 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

 

 

		____________________________ KEN ITO, Chair