STAND. COM. REP. NO.  496

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 369

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 369, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIRE SAFETY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to create a task force to investigate and develop plans to address the risk of residential kitchen fires.

 

     The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; State Fire Council; Kauai Fire Department; Hawaii Fire Chiefs Association; Plumbers and Fitters Union, Local 675; and Plumbing and Mechanical Contractors Association of Hawaii supported this measure.  The Building Industry Association of Hawaii submitted comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Including in the task force membership representatives from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1186 and a technical expert on fire suppression systems; 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 Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 369, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 369, H.D. 2.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair