Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 3228, S.D. 2, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to ensure that residents or businesses receive prompt emergency relief for damages sustained from a natural disaster.

This bill authorizes the Governor, upon the declaration of an emergency, to release up to ten percent of the moneys available in the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund to provide assistance to residents and businesses that have sustained damage from a natural disaster.

The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation testified in support of this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3228, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Health.