STAND. COM. REP. NO.  620-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2092

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2092 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve fire safety in Hawaii by providing the State Fire Council (SFC) with administrative staff to further accomplish the SFC's operations and responsibilities, and funding these positions through a new fund, the Reduced Ignition Propensity Cigarette Program Special Fund.

     The SFC, Honolulu Fire Department, County of Hawaii Fire Department, and the County of Maui Department of Fire and Public Safety supported this bill.  The Department of Budget and Finance provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

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

     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. 2092, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2092, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair