STAND. COM. REP. NO. 273

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 538

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 538 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to provide the State Fire Council with two full-time equivalent positions for an administrator and an administrative assistant.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by two state agencies.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that establishing two full-time equivalent positions in the State Fire Council will enable the Council to accomplish their daily duties and responsibilities in a more efficient and effective manner.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 538, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 538, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs,

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WILL ESPERO, Chair