STAND. COM. REP. NO. 489-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: S.B. No. 1374
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 1374 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to provide flexibility to the State Fire Council (SFC) to improve the skills of firefighters by:
(1) Allowing the State Fire Council (SFC) to administer fire-related federal grants, including those relating to the training of firefighters; and
(2) Appropriating the sum of $125,000 for each year of the 2003-2005 fiscal biennium from federal funds received for fire-related projects.
The SFC, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, and Hawaii Fire Fighters Association supported this measure.
According to the Attorney General, the SFC needs statutory authority to expend moneys received from federal grants for firefighting training and public education on fire safety.
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 S.B. No. 1374 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor and Public Employment,
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____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair |
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