STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2782

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3087

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3087 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to move the chapter of the Hawaii Revised Statutes that contains the Emergency Management Assistance Compact from Chapter 128F to the 127 series of chapters.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency and Department of Defense.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the Hawaii Association for Justice.

Your Committee finds that moving the Emergency Management Assistance Compact from Chapter 128F to the 127 series of chapters will facilitate the administration of emergency management within the State, help the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency align will other states' emergency management practices, and improve the organization of the State's emergency management laws.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(2) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3087, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3087, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair