STAND. COM. REP. NO. 129

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 230

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 230 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency for the purpose of supporting community resilience and preparedness programs.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency and two individuals.

     Your Committee finds that community resilience and preparedness programs are vital components of emergency preparedness and response throughout the State.  Accordingly, this measure appropriates $100,000 to the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency for the purpose of supporting community resilience and preparedness programs including the Hawaii Hazards and Resilience Program and the Community Emergency Response Team Program.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 230 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs,

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair