STAND. COM. REP. NO.  282

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 314

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 314 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this Act is to prepare Hawaii for disasters and natural hazards by:

 

     (1)  Establishing the Office of Disaster Preparedness (ODP);

 

     (2)  Requiring the Director of ODP to develop a comprehensive      disaster preparedness plan and annually report to the              Legislature on the status of the plan;

 

     (3)  Establishing a Disaster Preparedness Commission                    (Commission) to assist the Director in developing the              disaster preparedness plan, gather information on past         disasters that occurred in the State, and establish            advisory committees to provide technical and other            support to the Director; and

 

     (4)  Appropriating an unspecified sum to establish and              operate the ODP and the Commission.

 

     Hawaii Insurers Council supported the intent of this measure.  The Department of Defense opposed this bill.
     Your Committee has amended this bill 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 Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 314, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 314, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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HENRY J. C. AQUINO, Chair