Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2439 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to expedite the construction, installation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of civil defense warning or signal devices and sirens.

This measure accomplishes this purpose, and thereby increases public safety, by excluding these activities from the definition of "development" for purposes of coastal zone management.

Your Committee finds that the construction, installation, and replacement of civil defense warning or signal devices and sirens are frequently delayed by permit requirements that are not justified given the vital role they play in alerting the public to potentially dangerous events. Your Committee further finds that all efforts should be made to expedite the construction, installation, and maintenance of these devices and sirens.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2439, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.