STAND. COM. REP. NO.284

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 1176

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1176 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INSPECTIONS BY THE COUNTY FIRE CHIEF OR THE CHIEF'S DESIGNEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to amend Hawaii law relating to inspections by the county fire chiefs by:

(1) Authorizing designees of each county fire chief to inspect, investigate, and examine any building that the fire chief is authorized to inspect, investigate, and examine; and

(2) Clarifying the requirement relating to inspections of state and county buildings.

Supportive testimony was submitted by the Fire Chiefs of the Honolulu Fire Department, Maui County Department of Fire Control, Kauai County Fire Department, and Hawaii County Fire Department.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1176 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 Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs,

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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair