STAND. COM. REP. NO.  660

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 1343

      H.D. 1

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. 1343, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to assist businesses recover after a natural disaster by appropriating funds to meet the match requirement for federal funds awarded to establish a Business Recovery Center within the Department of Defense.   

The Department of Defense, Department of Emergency Management of the City and County of Honolulu, and Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii supported this measure.

     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. 1343, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair