STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2062

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2152

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2152 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to support community resilience and preparedness programs.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Defense, Police Department of the City and County of Honolulu, Kailua Community Emergency Response Team, and four individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that emergency preparedness is an extremely important issue in Hawaii, particularly in light of the State's physical isolation.  Emergency management personnel and other first responders could potentially be overwhelmed in the event of a large-scale disaster.  Community resilience and preparedness programs provide a way for the public to coordinate with emergency service providers in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters in the future.

 

     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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2152 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

 

 

 

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair