STAND. COM. REP. NO.296

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 1546

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1546 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES FOR DISABLED VETERANS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to recognize disabled veterans by directing the Director of Finance to issue special plates with the words "DISABLED VETERAN" to veterans injured or disabled in the service of our Nation, as opposed to being wounded in combat.

The Office of Veterans Services of the State Department of Defense testified in support of the bill. The Department of Customer Services of the City and County of Honolulu (DCS) submitted comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by amending the effective date to October 1, 2001, to give DCS time to order the special license plates.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1546, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1546, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair