STAND. COM. REP. NO.904

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 1374

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1374 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide authority to the State Fire Council to expend federal grant money for the purpose of firefighting training.

The bill also includes appropriations from federal funds to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to carry out fire-related projects, including firefighter training.

Your Committee finds that firefighting is a hazardous job that can be made safer with proper training. Your Committee finds that the authority granted in this bill allows the State Fire Council to administer federal grant assistance, including firefighter training, is appropriate and should be established.

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 S.B. No. 1374 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair