STAND. COM. REP. NO.  832

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2021

 

RE:   H.B. No. 572

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 572, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Specify that the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency is administratively attached to, rather than established within, the Department of Defense;

 

     (2)  Make the Administrator of Hawaii Emergency Management Agency the Director of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency and require the Administrator to report directly to the Governor; and

 

     (3)  Require the Governor, rather than the Director of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, to appoint the Administrator of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 572, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair