STAND. COM. REP. NO.  590-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2521

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2521, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAZARDS TO PROPERTY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to protect public health and safety as authorized under section 128-10.3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by appropriating funds for fiscal year 2014-2015 to the State Civil Defense to:

(1)  Cut, trim, or remove dangerous trees that pose a hazard to other properties;

(2)  Stabilize or remove unstable rock and soil hazards; and

(3)  Clean streams and waterways to mitigate or prevent flooding or other disasters.

The State Civil Defense and several individuals supported this measure.  An individual opposed this measure.

     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. 2521, 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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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair