Bill Text: HI SB640 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Wireless Enhanced 911 Fund; Independent Audit; Annual Report

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [SB640 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SB640-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 645

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 640

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 640 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE WIRELESS ENHANCED 911 FUND,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to improve accountability over the Wireless Enhanced 911 Fund.

 

     Specifically, the measure requires:

 

     (1)  The independent audit of the Wireless Enhanced 911 Fund to be conducted annually rather than every two years;

 

     (2)  The initial annual audit to be conducted in 2011 and the results be reported to the Legislature in 2012; and

 

     (3)  The results of the annual independent audit, and information on the status of projects undertaken or planned by public safety answering points, to be included in the Wireless Enhanced 911 Board's annual report to the Legislature.

 

     Your Committee finds that keeping up with technological advances and maintaining current systems and equipment is critical to meeting public safety needs.  Moneys from the Wireless Enhanced 911 Fund will help defray some of the costs of upgrading these communication technologies.  Requiring a more frequent audit and specific reporting on the status of projects will help the Legislature and the Wireless Enhanced 911 Board to make informed decisions regarding the use of these funds.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion on this measure.

 

     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. 640, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 640, S.D. 1.

 

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

 

		____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Chair