STAND. COM. REP. NO.  239

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 571

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 571 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program to:

 

(1)  Develop a communication strategy and outreach plan for emergency management and disaster preparedness;

 

(2)  Update and reprint the Homeowner's Handbook to Prepare for Natural Hazards, 4th Ed.; and

 

(3)  Conduct a systematic and targeted education and outreach initiative for statewide emergency management and disaster preparedness.

 

     The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, Department of Emergency Management of the City and County of Honolulu, and two concerned individuals supported this bill.   The University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program supported the intent of this measure.


     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Amending the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for consistency, clarity, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 571, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 571, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

 

 

 

 

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair