STAND. COM. REP. NO. 907

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1553, 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 establish:

(1) The Hawaii State Fusion Center as a program under the Office of Homeland Security to serve as the central agency for receipt, analysis, and sharing of threat-related information with federal, state, local and private-sector partners; and

(2) The state-funded position of Hawaii State Fusion Center Director, responsible to the Director of Homeland Security, and accountable to manage the day-to-day operations of the Center.

The Adjutant General, Office of Homeland Security, Department of Human Services, Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism, Department of Transportation, Board of Water Supply, Hawaiian Electric Company, Maui Electric Company, Hawaii Electric Light Company, Retail Merchants of Hawaii, and CyberHawaii submitted testimony in support of this measure. We Are One, Inc. submitted testimony in opposition to this measure. Hawaii Gas provided comments.

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. 1553, 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