Bill Text: HI HB2070 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Investigations By The Attorney General.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-13 - The committee on PSM deferred the measure. [HB2070 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-HB2070-Amended.html
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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 INVESTIGATIONS BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 28-2.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The attorney general shall investigate
alleged violations of the law when [directed]:
(1) Directed to do so by the
governor[, or when the];
(2) The attorney general determines
that an investigation would be in the public interest[.]; or
(3) The alleged offender is a county
police officer and:
(A) The prosecuting attorney of the
county that employs the police officer has declined to prosecute the county
police officer; and
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Attorney General; Investigations; County Police Officers
Description:
Requires the Attorney General to investigate an alleged violation of state law by a county police officer if the prosecuting attorney of the county that employs the police officer has declined to prosecute the police officer and the victim of the alleged violation submits a written request to investigate the alleged violation. (HB2070 HD1)
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