STAND. COM. REP. NO.  199

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 318

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 318 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VOG,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to discuss the impact of vog on the people of Hawaii and find ways to address these issues by establishing a Volcanic Activity Task Force.

     The Department of Education, the Mayor of the County of Hawaii, a Hawaii County councilmember, and the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Defense opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.  Your Committee has also made technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 318, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 318, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
                                  Respectfully submitted on                                     behalf of the members of the                                       Committee on Public Safety &                                       Military Affairs,

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HENRY J. C. AQUINO, Chair