STAND. COM. REP. NO.2276
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations and Tourism and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2737 entitled:
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to clarify the protections afforded private agencies and entities engaged in civil defense functions.
Your Committees received testimony in support of the measure from the Department of Public Safety, Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Department of Defense, Honolulu Police Department, Hawaii Hotel Association, and Hawaiian Electric Company.
Your Committees find that providing immunity from liability to private agencies and entities that assist the public in times of disasters will encourage them to provide tourists and the general public with private shelters in times of disasters or civil defense.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations and Tourism and Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2737 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations and Tourism and Intergovernmental Affairs,
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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair |
CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair |
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