STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1034

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1332

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1332 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to clarify the scope of the State's Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan and to increase the amount of state funds that may be made available for the purpose of matching federal disaster relief funds.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency of the City and County of Honolulu.

Your Committee finds that clarifying the scope of the State's Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan will support a more holistic and cost-effective approach to emergency management and disaster response and recovery. Your Committee also finds that increasing the amount of state moneys available for the purpose of matching federal disaster relief funds will further support cost‑effective disaster recovery and resilience in the State's communities.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Appropriating $12,000,000 to the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency for the planning and design of a new facility to be situated within the First Responders Technology Campus in Mililani, Oahu;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1332, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1332, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair