STAND. COM. REP. NO.  415-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1868

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1868 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMERGENCY SHELTERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to strengthen public safety in Hawaii by authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds to fund the retrofitting of public school facilities so that they can also be used as emergency shelters.

The Department of Education, state Department of Defense, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1868 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair