STAND. COM. REP. NO. 674-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2097

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 Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2097, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIFEGUARDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to hire lifeguards to monitor state and county beach parks.

The County of Hawaii Mayor; Hawaii County Councilmember representing District 4; Honolulu Emergency Services Department of the City and County of Honolulu; Hawaii Fire Department; Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii; Maui Chamber of Commerce; and several individuals testified in support of this measure. The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Kauai Fire Department, and Hawai‘i Tourism Authority commented on this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2097, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair