STAND. COM. REP. NO. 483-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2562
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was
referred H.B. No. 2562 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Make consistent all statutes pertaining to the
          frequency of safety inspection; and 

     (2)  Ensure that only fire department personnel from within
          a given county may enter a private dwelling in that
          county.

     Section 132-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, was amended to
change the frequency requirements of fire department safety
inspections. This measure assures that section 132-5 is in accord
with the new requirements.  Furthermore, the phrase "any member
of any fire department" in section 132-5 was troublesome because
it implied that fire department personnel had the right to enter
private dwellings that were out of their jurisdiction.  This
problem has been rectified by substituting the phrase "the
chief's designees" for "any member of any fire department.

     The Chair of the State Fire Council and the Chief of the
Maui County Fire Department testified in support of this measure.


 
 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Public Employment that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 2562 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and
be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Labor and Public
                                   Employment,



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                                   TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair