STAND. COM. REP. NO. 356-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2439

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2439 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE SIRENS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to increase public safety by exempting the construction, installation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of civil defense warning or signal devices and sirens from being considered as "development" under coastal zone management guidelines.

The Department of Defense testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that currently, construction, repair, maintenance, and replacement of siren warning systems are frequently delayed because of coastal zone management permit requirements. This measure will expedite the repair, maintenance, and installation of civil defense warning or signal devices.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2439 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs,

 

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KEN ITO, Chair