STAND. COM. REP. NO.  858

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 625, H.D. 1, 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:

     (1)  Fire fighters;

     (2)  Law enforcement officers, including county police and corrections officers and enforcement officers of the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of Conservation and Resources; and

     (3)  Other emergency first responders,

are fully prepared to respond to natural and manmade disasters, including acts of terrorism, by appropriating funds to conduct a feasibility study for a Hawaii State Public Safety and Emergency Response Training Facility.

     The State Fire Council of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Honolulu Fire Department, and Kauai Fire Department testified in support of this bill.

     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. 625, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair