STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1632-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2074

S.D. 1

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2074, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A NON-EMERGENCY REPORTING SYSTEM, KNOWN AS 3-1-1,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to enhance public safety by:

(1) Appropriating $2,000,000 as a grant-in-aid to the City and County of Honolulu for the development costs of a 3-1-1 non-emergency reporting system;

(2) Specifying that the grant-in-aid will also be used for a study to develop a request for proposal for a 3-1-1 non-emergency response system; and

(3) Limiting the liability for any civil damages or criminal liability of wireless providers, resellers, or their respective employees, directors, officers, assigns, affiliates, or agents with regards to developing, designing, adopting, establishing, installing, participating in, implementing, maintaining, or providing access to a 3-1-1 service.

 

A concerned individual testified in support of this bill. Cingular Wireless and The American Heart Association supported the intent of this bill. The City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services testified in support of this bill with amendments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

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 S.B. No. 2074, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2074, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair