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Section 432.1. Training; appointment; powers of [haa~ane] enforcement officer. (a) Pursuant to section 143-2.5, section 143-7, and section 46-].5(15), Hawaii Revised Statutes, [a-humane] an enforcement officer shall be authorized to issue a complaint and summons or other form of citation as the police chief may deem to be appropriate to enable [a-hurttene] an enforcement officer to carry out and to perform the duties of [e-hameue] an enforcement officer under this chapter and any contract between the County and a humane society or animal care center. (b) The police chief shall verify that a person designated by a humane society or animal care center to serve as [a humane] an enforcement officer is qualified and trained to serve in that capacity. The police chief shall be empowered to establish minimum requirements for qualification and training, which may be revised from time to time, provided that a copy thereof, and of any revisions, shall be kept on file with the police chief s office thereof at all times. AI? County agencies, officers and employees shall render their cooperation and assistance to the police chief for purposes of this subsection[ f~J. (c) The police chief, upon verification of [a-hurnane] an enforcement officer's qualification and training, shall issue an oath of office and identification badge or insignia to the [haa~efle} enforcement officer. (d) (t~-haa~afle] An enforcement officer's appointment, power and authority shall be for a period of not more than two years unless the same is sooner terminated by the humane enforcement officer's discharge as an employee of the humane society or animal care center or discharge as [a~urnaaeJ an enforcement officer by the police chief. The police chief may terminate and dischazge [s-hurnaae] an enforcement officer's appointment upon recommendation of the humane society or animal care center of which the [hua3aae] enforcement officer is an employee or upon a finding by the police chief that the [humane} enforcement officer has failed to comply with the minimum qualification and training requirements established for [huruaue] enforcement officers by the police chief. (e) No proceeding for the appointment, termination or discharge of [humane] enforcement officers shall be subject to laws governing civil service or public employees. Section 433. Summons or citation. (a) There shall be provided for use by officers authorized to enforce laws relating to the regulation and control C*~~ o o , a form of summons or citation for use in citing violators of the provisions of chapter 143, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Said summons or citation shall be printed in a form commensurate with the form of other t'y summonses or citations used in modem methods of arrest, so designed to include all necessary information tI" 'rte to make the same valid and legal within the laws and regulations of the State of Hawaii and the County of ~o ~ " Hawaii. The form and content of such summons or citation shall be as adopted or prescribed by the ?w" administrative judge of the district courts. In every case when a summons or citation is issued, the original of the same shall be given to the violator; provided that the administrative judge of the district courts may prescribe the giving to the violator a carbon copy of the summons or citation, and provide for the disposition of the original and any other copies. Every summons or citation shall be consecutively numbered and each carbon copy shall bear the number of its respective original. Section 434. Failure to obey summons or citation. It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to appeaz at the place and within the time specified in the summons or citation issued to him by an officer for any violation of any section of this article, regardless of the disposition of the charge for which he was originally cited. However if the minimum oavment set by the issuin¢ officer is paid in full prior to the scheduled court date then this section will not auply. Section 435. Issuance of complaint; when. In the event any person fails to comply with a summons or citation given to such person or if any person fails or refuses to deposit bail as required and within the time permitted, the violations bureau shall forthwith have a complaint entered against such person and secure the issuance of a warrant for his arrest. -12-