STAND. COM. REP. NO. 542

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1227

       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. 1227, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENHANCED 911 SERVICES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to improve coordination of all enhanced 911 services by expanding the representation and responsibility of the current Wireless Enhanced 911 Board, which the measure renames as the Enhanced 911 Board to reflect the broader range of 911 services now available.

 

     Your Committee received submitted comments in support of this measure from Gary A. Yabuta, Chief of Police, Police Department, County of Maui; and Rick Tsujimura, General Motors, LLC.

 

     Your Committee finds that efficient and effective management of 911 services saves lives.  Your Committee further finds that the enhanced 911 services of the State need to be improved to address changing technologies and systems.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure to:

 

     (1)  Correctly reflect the text of the Hawaii Revised Statutes;

 

     (2)  Change the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

 

     (3)  Make technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of style, clarity, and consistency.

 

     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. 1227, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1227, 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