Report Title:

State Fire Council; New Positions; Budgetary Requirements

Description:

Creates positions to enable the state fire council to more effectively meet its responsibilities.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1140
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to create positions to enable the state fire council to more effectively meet its responsibilities described in chapter 132, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and to identify the funding source for those positions.

     SECTION 2.  Chapter 132, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§132-   State fire council administrative staff. (a)  The state fire council may employ an administrator and an administrative assistant, without regard to chapters 76 and 89, who shall hold their respective positions at the pleasure of the council.  The administrator shall administer the affairs of the council, subject to the direction and approval of the council.  The council shall determine the amounts of compensation for the administrator and the administrative assistant.

(b)  The administrator shall be responsible for the daily operations of the council, administering the adoption of the state fire code, applying and expending federal grant assistance for fire-related projects, statewide training, education, data collection, and other duties as directed by the council.

(c)  The budgetary requirements for conducting meetings and other related functions of the council, including salaries of the administrator and of the administrative assistant, shall be included in the budget of the department of labor and industrial relations."

     SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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