STAND. COM. REP. NO.  918

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1006

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1006, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure Hawaii's readiness for disasters by establishing the Office of the Director of Disaster Preparedness and the Disaster Preparedness Commission to develop a comprehensive disaster preparedness plan for the State.  This bill appropriates unspecified sums, including funds for community emergency response team program training and support in each county.

 

     The Hawaii Medical Service Association and Hawaii Financial Services Association testified in support of this bill.  The Hawaii Insurers Council supported the intent of this measure.  The Department of Accounting and General Services, Department of Defense, and the Mayor of the County of Hawaii opposed this bill.  A concerned individual offered comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, for the               purpose of continuing discussion; and

 

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

     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. 1006, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1006, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair