STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1079

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.R. No. 47

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.R. No. 47 entitled:

 

"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE CIVIL DEFENSE TO CONDUCT A STUDY REGARDING WHAT ACTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN WHEN PEOPLE REFUSE TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES OR CLOSE THEIR BUSINESSES LOCATED IN EVACUATION ZONES DURING NATURAL DISASTERS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Hawaii State Civil Defense to conduct a study regarding what actions, if any, should be taken by the State in the interest of public safety when people refuse to leave their homes or businesses refuse to close in evacuation zones during natural disasters.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Defense.

 

     Your Committee finds that this study will provide a closer look at the challenges faced by first responders who encounter people who refuse to leave their homes or close their businesses located in evacuation zones.  This measure will provide possible solutions to these difficult situations in order to improve public safety during natural disasters.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 47 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Labor.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

 

 

 

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WILL ESPERO, Chair