STAND. COM. REP. NO. 182-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1930

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1930 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the issuance of $1,500,000 in general obligation bonds for the planning, design, and construction of a warehouse to expand the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency's ability to store and deploy life-saving supplies and equipment to all counties within the State in the event of a natural or human-caused disaster or emergency on one or more of the Hawaiian Islands.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency; Hawaii Food Industry Association; and two individuals.

Your Committee finds that the ability to store and deploy essential supplies and equipment effectively is of paramount importance during times of crisis, particularly considering the unique geographic challenges faced by Hawaii.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the amount of general obligation bonds authorized to be issued to an unspecified sum; and

(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

Your Committee respectfully requests your Committee on Finance, should it deliberate on this measure, to consider a general obligation bond issuance amount of $1,500,000.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1930, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1930, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

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LINDA ICHIYAMA, Chair