STAND. COM. REP. NO.  804

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 314

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 314, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to prepare Hawaii for disasters and natural hazards by:

     (1)  Establishing the Office of Disaster Preparedness (ODP);

     (2)  Requiring the Director of ODP to develop a comprehensive Disaster Preparedness Plan (Plan) and annually report to the Governor and Legislature on the status of the Plan;

     (3)  Establishing a Disaster Prepardness Commission (Commission) to assist the Director in developing the Plan, gather information on past disasters that occurred in the State, and establish advisory committees to provide technical and other support to the Director; and

     (4)  Appropriating an unspecified sum to establish and operate the ODP and the Commission.

     The State Department of Defense opposed this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 314, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair