Bill Text: HI SB3079 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Law Enforcement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-23 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, McDermott, Souki, Tokioka excused (5). [SB3079 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB3079-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
PART I
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the state sheriff division provides security and law enforcement response for all state judiciary facilities. On the Kona and Kohala sides of the island of Hawaii, the sheriff division is responsible for the main courthouse in Kona as well as physically separate locations for the drug and family courts. The sheriff division is also responsible for the courthouses in Hilo and Waimea. Responsibility for this vast geographical area makes it difficult for the sheriff division to effectively and efficiently supervise line deputies and provide necessary services. Currently, there is only a single lieutenant in the division who is responsible for supervising these courts.
The legislature also finds that the current level of staffing in the sheriff division on the island of Hawaii, particularly in the Kona unit, is inadequate for the sheriff division to properly perform its duties. Further, the legislature concludes that the Kona unit would be more effective and efficient with proper staffing.
Accordingly, the purpose of this part is to:
(1) Establish full-time equivalent permanent lieutenant position in the Kona unit of the sheriff division within the department of public safety; and
(2) Appropriate funds for the initial six-month hiring period and for one-time costs for the purchase of position-related uniforms and equipment, with the intention that funds for the position will be included and requested within the department's base budget for subsequent years at a rate equivalent to the base salary for the position as determined by the department.
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 2018-2019 for the hiring of full-time equivalent ( FTE) permanent lieutenant position in the Kona unit of the sheriff division within the department of public safety for the initial six-month hiring period and for one-time costs for the purchase of position-related uniforms and equipment; provided that funds for the position shall be included and requested within the department's base budget for subsequent years at a rate equivalent to the base salary for the position as determined by the department.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of public safety for the purposes of this part.
PART
II
SECTION
3. The legislature finds that deputy
sheriffs routinely serve the community by providing off-duty law enforcement
services, commonly known as "special duty" services, for monetary
compensation to persons, organizations, and government entities other than the
department of public safety.
The
purpose of this part is to provide statutory authorization for special duty
employment by deputy sheriffs.
SECTION
4. Chapter 353C, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and
to read as follows:
"§353C- Special
duty employment; deputy sheriffs.
(a) Deputy sheriffs may
engage in special duty employment.
"Special duty" means the performance of a service for a
person, organization, or governmental entity other than the department by a
deputy sheriff of the sheriff division acting in a law enforcement capacity
while off-duty from the department, in return for which the deputy sheriff receives
a direct or indirect payment or compensation of some kind.
(b) The department shall maintain, and revise
when necessary, policy and procedures to govern the processing of requests for
special duty and establish the compensation schedule for law enforcement
services provided by deputy sheriffs performing special duty work."
PART
III
SECTION
5. New statutory material is
underscored.
SECTION
6. This Act shall take effect on January
1, 2050.
Report Title:
Law Enforcement; Sheriff Division; Kona Unit; Permanent Lieutenant Position; Appropriation; Deputy Sheriffs; Special Duty
Description:
Establishes an unspecified number of full-time equivalent lieutenant positions in the Kona unit of the sheriff division within the department of public safety. Appropriates funds for the initial six-month hiring period and for one-time costs for the purchase of position-related uniforms and equipment. Establishes statutory authorization of special duty employment, commonly referred to as special duty services, by deputy sheriffs. (SB3079 HD1)
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