STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2264

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2909

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2909 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENHANCED 911 SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to limit the scope of the definition of a public safety agency, for purposes of the enhanced 911 services law, to divisions of the State or county that have the authority to provide firefighting, law enforcement, ambulance, medical, or other emergency services and private entities contracted by a state or county agency to provide these same services.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services, Enhanced 911 Board, Honolulu Police Department, Honolulu County Department of Information Technology, Hawaii Police Department, and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that the current definition of public safety agency as a division of a governmental agency is overly broad.  The intent of this measure is to clearly identify as a public service agency a division of the state or county authorized to provide firefighting, law enforcement, ambulance, medical, or other emergency services.  

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2909 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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WILL ESPERO, Chair