STAND. COM. REP. NO. 961-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1843

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1843, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish and appropriate funds for the Office of the State Fire Marshal to direct fire protection efforts statewide.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of the Governor; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Hawaiʻi Fire Department; Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi; and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and State Fire Council.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the number of administrative staff positions to be established to an unspecified number; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of 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 H.B. No. 1843, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1843, H.D. 2.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair