STAND. COM. REP. NO.  345-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2160

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2160 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMERGENCIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure timely and informative access to emergency and public-service information from a dedicated source that is easily accessible to the public by establishing an emergency advisory radio station pilot project on the island of Hawaii and studying the possibility of expansion of the project.

     Several concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Department of Defense supported the intent of this measure.  New West Broadcasting Corporation opposed this bill.  The Mayor of the County of Hawaii submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2160, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2160, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,

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CINDY EVANS, Chair