Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 960 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to ensure the health and safety of visitors and residents in Hawaii by appropriating funds for tsunami preparedness efforts, including installing and maintaining new siren systems, updating evacuation maps, constructing additional shelter space, retrofitting existing public buildings, providing around-the-clock alert staff, and expanding public education campaigns.

The Department of Defense supported the intent of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 960, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 960, H.D. 1.