STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1674

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 564

      S.D. 2

      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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 564, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify fire inspection laws by:

     (1)  Clarifying that the county fire chiefs or their designees are authorized to inspect all buildings and facilities, except state-owned airport facilities, and not only those that are state-owned or county-owned; and

     (2)  Requiring fire safety inspections at least once every five years or as often as practicable or necessary instead of every two years for all buildings other than public schools.

     The State Fire Council, Honolulu Fire Department, Hawaii Fire Department, and Hawaii Association of Independent Schools supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for 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 S.B. No. 564, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 564, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair