Bill Text: HI SB1147 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Civil Defense; Disaster; Governor's Declaration

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB1147 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB1147-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1056

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1147

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred S.B. No. 1147, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE DISASTER RELIEF,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure that appropriate action is taken and resources are provided in times of emergency by:

 

(1)  Clarifying that the Governor has the authority to declare a disaster emergency; and

 

(2)  Requiring the Vice-Director of the Department of Defense's Civil Defense Division, after the Governor has proclaimed a disaster emergency, to report to the Governor, Legislature, and each county mayor on the disaster, including specified information.

 

     The Department of Transportation supported this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Extending the time by which general funds appropriated for specific earthquake disaster recovery projects by Act 78, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, will lapse by one year to June 30, 2010; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1147, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1147, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,

 

 

		____________________________ FAYE HANOHANO, Chair