STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1073-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3335

S.D. 1

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 Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness, to which was referred S.B. No. 3335, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CIVIL AIR PATROL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the operational expenses of the Hawaii Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, Hawaii Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that the Hawaii Wing of the Civil Air Patrol has played an important role in emergency and disaster response efforts in the State. The Hawaii Wing of the Civil Air Patrol has provided invaluable assistance from spreading warnings in remote areas before a disaster hits, to conducting pre-assessment aerial reconnaissance to assess damage caused by a disaster. This has allowed the State to expeditiously apply for federal disaster declarations, allowing the federal government and State to respond to an emergency. This measure would provide for the continuation of the necessary services the Hawaii Wing of the Civil Air Patrol provides to the State during times of an emergency, thereby ensuring the safety of the State's visitors and residents.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

Your Committee notes that although the appropriation amount is currently unspecified, a previous version of this measure provided an appropriation of $150,000 that would be necessary to effectuate the purpose of this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3335, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3335, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Corrections, Military, & Veterans.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness,

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LINDA ICHIYAMA, Chair