STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3291

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1868

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1868 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMERGENCY SHELTERS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds to retrofit public school facilities for use as emergency shelters.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Defense - Civil Defense Division, Department of Defense, Disability and Communication Access Board, Manoa Neighborhood Board, Hector H. Venegas Ent. Ltd., Manoa Disaster Preparedness Team, and one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that retrofitting public school facilities to meet emergency shelter standards is a necessary and critical preparation for natural disasters and other emergencies.  Your Committee further finds that retrofitting these facilities is especially important for the safety of disabled persons and others whose mobility is limited or who have special needs.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1868, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1868, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair