STAND. COM. REP. NO.885-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 2737

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs and Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 2737 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to extend immunity to private agencies and entities engaged in civil defense functions.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this bill from the Departments of Defense, Public Safety, and Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, the City and County of Honolulu Police Department, the Hawai'i Hotel Association, and the Hawaiian Electric Company.

Your Committees have amended this bill by:

    1. Extending immunity to active military services and the national guard of other states who are engaged or assisting in civil defense functions; and
    2. Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs and Consumer Protection and Commerce that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2737, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2737, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs and Consumer Protection and Commerce,

 

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KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair

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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair