STAND. COM. REP. NO.  834

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 894

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 894, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ENHANCED 911 BOARD,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to assist the operations of the Enhanced 911 Board ("Board") by providing the Board with the ability to hire its own staff to perform administrative functions.  

The Honolulu Police Department and Hawaii Police Department submitted testimony in support of this measure.  An individual submitted testimony in opposition.  The Department of Accounting and General Services, Enhanced 911 Board, and Maui Police Department provided comments. 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 894, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 894, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair