STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2800
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 3054
S.D. 2
Honorable Donna Mercado Kim
President of the Senate
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2014
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3054, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to centralize public safety facilities to enable the sharing of resources and support services by establishing a central Oahu public safety technology park.
Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, the Department of Budget and Finance, and the High Technology Development Corporation.
Your Committee finds that recent natural disasters on the mainland make clear the need for the State to ensure that public safety services are adequate during times of natural disasters. Furthermore, the State's current facilities used during times of natural disasters are rapidly deteriorating and are located in inundation areas. Your Committee also finds that to be adequately prepared during times of natural disasters, a centralized public safety facility with direct access to highways and convenient proximity to hospitals and military services is needed.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Appropriating moneys to the High Technology Development Corporation for the establishment of the central Oahu public safety technology park;
(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and
(3) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3054, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3054, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Chair |
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