HI SCR46

Request that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands conduct a feasibility study on creating an enforcement division with police powers, modeled after the Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement within the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Current enforcement section lacks police powers and must rely on county police or DLNR enforcement for policing the department's over 200,000 acres of land across the state.

Feasibility study must address enforcement challenges including trespassing, illegal activities (such as illegal game rooms documented in February 2021), and the inability to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive lands.

Department must submit the feasibility study and any proposed legislation to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the 2023 Regular Session convening.

Certified copy of the resolution must be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission.