STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1501

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 742

      S.D. 2

      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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 742, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the State Fire Council to hire a full-time administrator and administrative assistant to help achieve the council's statutory duties and responsibilities, such as amending and adopting the State Fire Code, applying for and administering federal fire-related grants, and implementing and administering a statewide reduced ignition propensity cigarette program, among other duties.

 

     The State Fire Council, Honolulu Fire Department, Kauai Fire Department, and Maui Department of Fire and Public Safety supported this measure.  The Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii offered comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to promote 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. 742, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 742, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair