Bill Text: HI HB833 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Commissioned Volunteer Enforcement Officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-12-10 - Carried over to 2022 Regular Session. [HB833 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-HB833-Introduced.html
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
833 |
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to commissioned volunteer enforcement officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 46, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§46- Commissioned
volunteer enforcement officers.
(a) The police departments of the several counties
may establish and maintain a unit of commissioned volunteer enforcement officers
within their traffic division who are authorized to:
(1) Confiscate disability
parking permits pursuant to section 291-53.3;
(2) Access the property
of a private entity during normal business hours of the entity to enforce provisions
of part III of chapter 291, pursuant to section 291-59;
(3) Issue citations for expired
vehicle registrations and safety check decals;
(4) Assist
the police department in enforcing laws relating to derelict or abandoned vehicles;
and
(5) Such
other duties as may be assigned by the chief of police.
(b) The
chief of police of the county shall have full authority and control over all commissioned
volunteer enforcement officers.
(c) To
qualify as a commissioned volunteer enforcement officer, an individual shall:
(1) Be a United States
citizen, a resident of the county for which the individual is applying to serve
as a volunteer, and at least twenty-one years of age;
(2) Possess a valid
State of Hawaii driver's license;
(3) Possess a high school
diploma, a general education diploma, or their equivalent;
(4) Complete a volunteer
application;
(5) Pass a background
investigation;
(6) Pass a physical
examination and oral interview; and
(7) Satisfy other criteria as may be prescribed by the county chief of police.
(d) A commissioned
volunteer enforcement officer shall be required to:
(1) Work a minimum of
twenty hours per month; and
(2) Conform to the police
department's standards of conduct, directives, orders, policies, and procedures
while on and off duty.
(e) As
used in this section, "commissioned volunteer enforcement officer" means
a civilian volunteer commissioned by a county chief of police to act as an enforcement
officer for limited purposes as determined by the county chief of police."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUCED BY: |
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Report Title:
Commissioned Volunteer Enforcement Officers; Police Departments; Counties
Description:
Authorizes counties to establish a program for commissioned volunteer enforcement officers to assist their police department with specified enforcement actions within their traffic division.
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