STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1122

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 742

      S.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Public Safety & Military Affairs and Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 742, S.D. 2, entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the State Fire Council to hire a full-time administrator and administrative assistant to help achieve the council's statutory duties and responsibilities, such as amending and adopting the State Fire Code, applying for and administering federal fire-related grants, and implementing and administering a statewide reduced ignition propensity cigarette program, among other duties.

     The State Fire Council, Honolulu Fire Department, Kauai Fire Department, and Maui Fire Department supported this bill.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety & Military Affairs and Labor & Public Employment that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 742, S.D. 2, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety & Military Affairs and Labor & Public Employment,

____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair

____________________________ HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair