STAND. COM. REP. NO.  753

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1138

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1138 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify responsibilities for conducting fire inspections at state-owned airport facilities.

 

     The Department of Transportation, State Fire Council, Honolulu Fire Department, and Kauai Fire Department testified in support of this bill.

 

     Current law requires county fire departments to inspect all state-owned and county-owned buildings.  All airports are also required to be inspected by the State.  This has caused duplication in inspections at Hawaii's airports.  Moreover, county fire departments have had difficulties accessing state airports due to stringent security requirements at these facilities.  Your Committee finds that exempting county fire departments from conducting inspections at state airports will solve this problem.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1138 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation,

 

 

 

 

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair