STAND. COM. REP. NO.  281

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 603

      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. 603 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this Act is to establish an interdisciplinary working group within the Civil Defense Agency that shall:

     (1)  Create an integrated management system to share                    information across public agencies during the                  preparation and planning for mass events, whether              unplanned and arising naturally, or resulting from             scheduled events; and

     (2)  Prepare a written memorandum of agreement that shall               include standards and protocols for mutual cooperation.

     The State Department of Defense, State Fire Council, Department of Fire and Public Safety of the County of Maui, and the Kauai Fire Department testified in support of this measure.
     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

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

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for 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. 603, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 603, 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