STAND. COM. REP. 1264
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 579
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 579, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A NON-EMERGENCY REPORT SYSTEM, KNOWN AS 3-1-1,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to appropriate an unspecified amount of funds as a grant-in-aid to the Honolulu Police department for the development of a non-emergency report system, known as 3-1-1, to include:
(1) A 3-1-1 call section to receive non-emergency phone requests;
(2) A Honolulu police department web site to provide an on-line form to be filled out by the public;
(3) District station police personnel to handle phone-in and walk-in requests for non-emergency services;
(4) Improved 9-1-1 and 3-1-1 information in telephone directories to instruct the public on usage; and
(5) An educational program on 3-1-1 non-emergency reporting.
The Honolulu Police Department and Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu testified in support of this measure. Verizon Hawaii supported the intent of this measure.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Inserting an appropriation of $1 for the purpose of further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 579, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 579, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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