STAND. COM. REP. NO.  863

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1140

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1140, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to enable the State Fire Council (Council) to meet its responsibilities more effectively by authorizing the Council to hire an administrator and an administrative assistant to:

 

     (1)  Manage the daily operations of the Council;

 

     (2)  Administer the adoption of the State Fire Code;

 

     (3)  Apply for and expend federal grant assistance for fire-related projects;

 

     (4)  Conduct statewide training;

 

     (5)  Undertake educational programs;

 

     (6)  Collect data; and

 

     (7)  Perform other duties as directed by the Council.

 

     The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Council, Honolulu Fire Department, and Kauai Fire Department testified in support of this bill. 

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1140, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair