STAND. COM. REP. NO. 857-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2091

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2091, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOMELAND SECURITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to protect public health, safety, and security by:

(1) Establishing the Hawaii State Fusion Center within the Office of Homeland Security to monitor, integrate, and analyze threat-related information, and support local, state, and federal agencies' response to threats, crimes, and hazards; and

(2) Establishing the position of Hawaii State Fusion Center Director to manage the day-to-day operations of the Hawaii State Fusion Center.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources; Department of Human Services; Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism; Hawaii Emergency Management Agency; Office of Homeland Security; Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii; Board of Water Supply; Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc.; Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc.; Maui Electric Company, Ltd.; and Retail Merchants of Hawaii 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 H.B. No. 2091, 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