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 S.B. No. 2914, S.D. 1, 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 by exempting them from the definition of "development" for purposes of coastal zone management.

Your Committee finds that civil defense warning or signal devices and sirens are critical to warning the public of potentially dangerous events. Thus, it is imperative that all efforts be made to expedite the construction, installation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of civil defense warning or signal devices and sirens. Your Committee further finds that the permitting process often causes undue delays in constructing and maintaining these warning systems. Such delays are not warranted given the vital role that these warning systems play in public safety.

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 S.B. No. 2914, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.