CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 46-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2010

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2692

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir and Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2692, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLANNING,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Director of Civil Defense (Director) to work with the appropriate county civil defense agencies to prepare a disaster preparedness plan for the 44th and 45th representative districts.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Making the preparation of the plan by the Director discretionary, rather than mandatory;

 


     (2)  Authorizing the Director to work with the mayor or deputy director of civil defense of the City and County of Honolulu to prepare the plan, rather than with the appropriate county civil defense agencies;

 

     (3)  Changing the effective date to upon its approval; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2692, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2692, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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WILL ESPERO, Chair

 

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FAYE HANOHANO, Co-Chair

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SHAN S. TSUTSUI, Co-Chair

 

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HENRY J. C. AQUINO, Co-Chair