Bill Text: HI SB2303 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Transportation; Aeronautics; Police Powers; Airport Security
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-25 - Referred to TRE/PSM, JDL. [SB2303 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2016-SB2303-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2303 |
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO AERONAUTICS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 261-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§261-17 Enforcement of laws.
(a) The director of transportation, officers, and employees of the department
of transportation, and every state and county officer charged with the
enforcement of state laws and ordinances, shall enforce and assist in the
enforcement of this chapter and of all rules and orders issued pursuant thereto
and of all other laws of the State; and in that connection each of the persons
may inspect and examine at reasonable hours any premises, and the buildings and
other structures thereon, where airports, air navigation facilities, or other
aeronautical activities are operated or conducted. In aid of the enforcement
of this chapter, the rules and orders issued pursuant thereto, and all other
laws of the State, the powers of police officers are conferred upon the
director, and [such of the] officers, employees, agents, and
representatives of the department as may be designated by the director to
exercise such powers, including the power to serve and execute warrants and
arrest offenders, and the power to serve notices and orders[.];
provided that in conferring police powers upon designated employees, agents, and
representatives of the department, the director shall provide written notice in
advance of the effective date of the designation to the president of the
senate, speaker of the house of representatives, and attorney general; provided
further that the notice shall include a summary of the plan to be implemented
in connection with the designation.
For the purposes of this subsection the term "agents and representatives" includes persons performing services at airports under contract with the department.
(b) No person shall provide or be hired to
provide armed security services at airports within the State without first
submitting [statements] each of the following:
(1) Statements signed under
penalty of false swearing by the person indicating whether the person has ever
been convicted of a crime which, by law, would preclude the person from
carrying or using a firearm in the course of the person's employment, including
a felony conviction in the State or elsewhere, and providing consent to the
department to have a criminal history record check conducted by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation to obtain criminal history record information[. The
person shall also be fingerprinted];
(2) Fingerprints for the purpose of a
Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history record check. The Hawaii
criminal justice data center may also assess the existing providers of armed
security services at airports within the State, or their employees or
applicants for employment, or any applicant for employment to provide armed
security services at airports within the State, a reasonable fee for each
criminal history record check performed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation[.];
and
(3) Proof of proper education, experience, training, and credentials as determined by the sheriff division of the department of public safety.
(c) The director shall report annually to the legislature, no later than January 10 of each calendar year, stating the number of individuals conferred police powers in the immediate preceding calendar year, the location where these individuals work, and the number of individuals having police powers who continue to work in that capacity at the end of that calendar year.
[(c)] (d) The department may, in
the name of the State, enforce this chapter and the rules and orders issued
pursuant thereto by injunction or other legal process in the courts of the State."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Transportation; Aeronautics; Police Powers; Airport Security
Description:
Requires the director of transportation to provide ninety days written notice to the legislature and attorney general prior to conferring police powers upon designated employees, agents, representatives of the department, and private contractors. Requires persons providing or hired to provide armed security services at airports to provide proof of proper education, experience, training, and credentials as determined by the sheriff division prior to hiring. Requires the director to report annually to the legislature, no later than January 10 of each calendar year, stating the number of individuals conferred police powers in the immediate preceding calendar year, the location where these individuals work, and the number of individuals having police powers who continue to work in that capacity at the end of that calendar year.
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