STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1285-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2184

S.D. 1

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 S.B. No. 2184, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the State Fire Council to expend moneys in the Reduced Ignition Propensity Cigarette Program Special Fund to:

(1) Defray the actual cost of the Council's fire and life safety programs and activities; and

(2) Employ additional personnel.

The Hawaii State Fire Council, Honolulu Fire Department, Maui County Department of Fire and Public Safety, and Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to January 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

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 S.B. No. 2184, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2184, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and 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