STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2184

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2638

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2638 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Accounting and General Services for the operations of the State Building Code Council.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services, State Building Code Council, Hawaii State Fire Council, Honolulu Fire Department, Kauai Fire Department, Building Industry Association of Hawaii, Subcontractors Association of Hawaii, Laborers' International Union of North America Local 368, and American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee finds that the State Building Code Council has the authority to adopt, amend, or update the Hawaii state building codes, applicable to all building construction in the State.  However, the Council has not received any funding since the Council's inception in 2007, and the existing state building codes are not in compliance with national standards.  Implementation of this measure will provide the State Building Code Council with the funds necessary to modernize the State's building codes, safeguarding life, property, and the general welfare of the citizens of Hawaii.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2638 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Government Operations,

 

 

 

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair