STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1696-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 2720

      S.D. 2

      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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2720, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support the operations and duties of the State Fire Council by authorizing the establishment of the positions of an administrator and an administrative assistant.

     The State Fire Council, Honolulu Fire Department, and Kauai Fire Department supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion.

     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 S.B. No. 2720, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2720, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair