STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1234

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 49
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to
which was referred H.C.R. No. 49 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING HURRICANE SHELTERING
     IMPLEMENTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to promote
hurricane sheltering implementation by:

     (1)  Requesting the State, counties, and communities to
          consider criteria for hurricane-resistant shelters in
          the course of constructing new public schools and new
          state facilities;

     (2)  Encouraging the use of existing buildings and
          facilities that can be quickly converted into public
          emergency shelters, tempered by the fact that not all
          public buildings were designed and constructed to
          withstand hurricane-force winds; and

     (3)  Supporting the Federal Civil Service Defense Division
          in its efforts to:

          (A)  Continue the facilities survey of potential
               hurricane emergency shelters throughout the State;
               and


 
 
 
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          (B)  Urge the surveyed property owners and future
               owners of such property, to consider retrofitting
               measures.

     The Department of Defense's State Civil Service Division
testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached
to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and
purpose of H.C.R. No. 49 and recommends that it be referred to
the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Public Safety and
                                   Military Affairs,



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                                   NESTOR R. GARCIA, Chair