STAND. COM. REP. NO. 546

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 169

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 169, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CARGO INSPECTIONS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to increase random inspections of incoming cargo for illegal fireworks and explosives by authorizing a pilot program using dogs to inspect cargo shipments after arrival at the State's harbors.

 

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from Kenneth G. Silva, Chair of the State Fire Council and Fire Chief of the Honolulu Fire Department.

 

     Your Committee finds that while insufficient cargo inspections at the harbors provide opportunities for illegal fireworks and explosives to be smuggled into the State, any efforts to increase inspections need to be carefully crafted to avoid delays and inefficiencies in harbor operations that may impede commerce.  The use of dogs to quickly inspect cargo at the harbors offers one potential solution.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.

 

     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. 169, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 169, S.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair