HI SB763

Establishes an Agricultural Enforcement Program within the Department of Law Enforcement to address theft of agricultural products and commodities, with an assistant chief administrator and state law enforcement officers including volunteer officers

Creates the Agricultural Enforcement Special Fund in the state treasury to receive grants, donations, fees, penalties, and legislative appropriations for program operations including training, equipment, research, and investigations

Requires memoranda of agreement with the Department of Land and Natural Resources conservation enforcement division and county police departments to coordinate agricultural crime enforcement

Establishes positions including one assistant chief, two state law enforcement investigators per county (eight total), and uniformed patrol officers distributed across counties (eight each for Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui; twelve for Honolulu)

Appropriates unspecified amounts from general revenues to the special fund and from the special fund to the Department of Law Enforcement for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027, with an effective date of July 1, 3000