STAND. COM. REP. NO. 733

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 1553

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1553 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish the Hawaii State Fusion Center as a program under the Office of Homeland Security and establish the position of Hawaii State Fusion Center Director, which shall be state-funded, responsible to the Director of Homeland Security, and accountable to manage the operations of the Center.

The Department of Human Services; Department of Defense; Department of Transportation; Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism; Oahu Country Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii; Hawaiian Electric Company; Retail Merchants of Hawaii; Kauai Emergency Management Agency; and CyberHawaii submitted testimony in support of this measure. One individual submitted testimony in opposition to this measure.

Your Committee amended this measure by changing the effective date to January 28, 2081, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1553, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1553, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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CHRIS LEE, Chair