Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Intergovernmental Affairs and Transportation and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 1478 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the State Fire Council to administer any federal grants upon receipt of those moneys.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the State Fire Council (SFO) and Hawaii Fire Fighters Association.

This measure clarifies that the SFO, which is the entity responsible for processing all applications to the federal government for federal grant assistance, should also be the proper entity to administer any of those federal grant monies. This measure would result in allowing the SFO to expend federal grant money for fire fighter training, which is an essential component to prepare fire fighters perform their duties.

Your Committees have amended this measure by changing the effective date to upon its approval.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Intergovernmental Affairs and Transportation and Government Operations that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1478, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1478, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.