STAND. COM. REP. NO. 840-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2696

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2696, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LAHAINA WILDFIRE RECOVERY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish and appropriate funds for the Lahaina Recovery Oversight Commission to oversee and guide the recovery of Lahaina from the 2023 wildfires; and

(2) Require the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to assist in establishing a website for the Commission that will serve as a clearinghouse for information related to the Lahaina wildfire recovery and a forum for public input.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of the Governor and Department of Accounting and General Services.

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. 2696, 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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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair