STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2006-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.C.R. No. 161

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Public Safety and Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 161 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE GOVERNOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE HAWAII EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO IMPROVE HAWAII'S EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND HAZARD MITIGATION MEASURES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enhance the State's ability to prepare for future disasters before they occur and in the event of a major natural disaster. More specifically, this measure requests that:

(1) The Governor and the Director of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HIEMA) apply for the Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant Program and the Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program; and

(2) HIEMA develop an Enhanced Mitigation Plan for approval by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety and Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 161 and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety and Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

____________________________ MATTHEW S. LOPRESTI, Chair

____________________________ GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair