STAND. COM. REP. NO.  884

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 369

      H.D. 3

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 369, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to create a task force to investigate and develop plans to address the risk of residential kitchen fires.

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; State Fire Council; Kauai Fire Department; County of Hawaii Fire Department; Hawaii Fire Chiefs Association; and Plumbers and Fitters Union, Local 675 supported this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to promote 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 369, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 369, H.D. 3.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair