STAND. COM. REP. NO. 130

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 604

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 604 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE MITIGATION OF HAZARDOUS SITUATIONS STATEWIDE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to extend the lapse date for a $1,000,000 appropriation made by Act 134, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, as amended, for the mitigation of hazardous situations statewide from June 30, 2017, to June 30, 2019.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation and the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency.

 

     Your Committee finds that mitigating hazardous situations statewide before an emergency situation occurs is vital to maintain the health, safety, and welfare of the public.  In 2014, the Legislature appropriated funds for the mitigating hazardous situations program to mitigate hazards in the State before those hazards could create serious damage.  The program has proven effective at minimizing damage resulting from hazardous situations.  Accordingly, this measure would extend the lapse date of the appropriations made for mitigating hazardous situations by two years from June 30, 2017, to June 30, 2019.

 

     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. 604 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