STAND. COM. REP. NO. 816-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1587

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1587, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AN INTRASTATE MUTUAL AID SYSTEM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish the intrastate mutual aid system to allow counties to share resources in times of emergency or in preparation for emergencies.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency and one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Hawaii Association for Justice.

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. 1587, 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