STAND. COM. REP. NO. 149

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 613

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 613 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII CIVIL AIR PATROL,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to make an appropriation to the Hawaii Civil Air Patrol to fund operational expenses.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by one state agency, five private organizations, and one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Hawaii Civil Air Patrol provides necessary disaster relief, search and rescue, homeland security, and medical emergency transport services to local and national organizations.  An appropriation will assist the Hawaii Civil Air Patrol in financing any pre-disaster and post-disaster operations that may occur in Hawaii over the next fiscal year.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 613 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

 

		____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair