STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1566-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2305

      S.D. 1

      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 S.B. No. 2305, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize and appropriate funds for the Department of Defense's Civil Defense Division to assemble twenty-five civilian community teams and to hire a coordinator to establish the teams and ensure that they are properly trained to assist city, state, and federal personnel during man-made or natural disasters.

The State Adjutant General, State Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division of the State Department of Defense, Department of Emergency Management of the City and County of Honolulu, Civil Defense Agency of the County of Hawaii, and a few concerned individuals supported 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 S.B. No. 2305, S.D. 1, 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