Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 1374 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide authority to the State Fire Council (Fire Council) to expend any federal grant money for fire fighting training that the Fire Council receives.

Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and the State Fire Council.

Your Committee finds that existing law allows the Fire Council to apply for federal grants but does not allow it to administer or expend the funds. This measure provides the Fire Council with the necessary statutory authority to receive, administer, and expend federal assistance for fire fighters across the State and to provide quality public education on fire safety.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1374 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.