STAND. COM. REP. NO.  674

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 625

      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 Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 625 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure that fire fighters and other emergency first responders are fully prepared to respond to natural and manmade disasters, including acts of terrorism, by appropriating funds to plan a Hawaii state fire and emergency training facility (Facility).

 

     The Kauai County Fire Department and State Fire Council supported this bill.  The Department of Defense supported the intent of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Expanding the scope of the Facility by including its use for law enforcement officers, including county police, corrections officers, and Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement officers;

 

(2)  Including in the feasibility study such factors as site location and public safety;

 

(3)  Appropriating $1 to facilitate further discussion;

 

(4)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2015; and

 

(5)  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. 625, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 625, 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