STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2565

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2305

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2305 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize and appropriate funds for the state Department of Defense's Civil Defense agency to assemble civilian community teams in each state senatorial district and to hire a coordinator to ensure the proper training of the civilian community teams.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from one individual.

 

Your Committee finds that trained community civilians are essential to any civil defense plan.  With proper training and knowledge, civilians can assist communities in preparing for emergency situations and provide first response support.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Clarifying that the purpose of the civilian community teams is to provide community assistance in disaster relief as defined in section 127-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

 

     (2)  Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount;

 

     (3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (4)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, 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. 2305, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2305, S.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair