HSCR63

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 63

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2009

RE: H.B. No. 384

H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 384 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to increase water safety levels in Hawaii by establishing a temporary water safety task force in the Department of Health to investigate and examine the advisability of expanding its water safety curriculum to include measures to protect the public against the dangers of retention ponds.

Several concerned individuals supported this bill. The American Public Works Association – Hawaii Chapter and American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaii supported the intent of this measure. The Department of Health and Department of Land and Natural Resources submitted comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Adding to the water safety task force the:

(A) President of the Hawaii Chapter of the American Public Works Association;

(B) Commander of the United States Army Corps of Engineers' Honolulu Engineering District; and

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

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 384, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 384, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair