STAND. COM. REP. NO. 879-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: H.B. No. 3121
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 3121, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to ensure the welfare of pet animals by:
(1) Directing the Governor to establish criteria, requirements, conditions, and limitations for providing emergency shelters for pet animals; and
(2) Requiring the Director of Civil Defense (Director) to identify public shelters suitable for sheltering pet animals, and allowing the Director to identify private shelters for the same purpose.
The Department of Defense, Maui Humane Society, Hawaiian Humane Society, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
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 H.B. No. 3121, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3121, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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