STAND. COM. REP. NO.  404

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1092

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Public Safety & Military Affairs and Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1092 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the State's emergency preparedness by appropriating funds for the purchase of back-up generators to:

     (1)  The Department of Defense (DOD) to power emergency shelters throughout the state; and

     (2)  The Department of Transportation (DOT) to ensure continuous electrical power at State airports and commercial harbors.

     DOT and DOD supported the intent of this bill. 

     Your Committees have amended this bill by:

(1)  Deleting the appropriation to DOD for the purchase of back-up generators to power emergency shelters throughout the state;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2015, to encourage further discussion; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety & Military Affairs and Transportation that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1092, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1092, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety & Military Affairs and Transportation,

____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair

____________________________ CINDY EVANS, Chair