STAND. COM. REP. NO. 642-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 2457

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2457 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE PLAN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to add as an objective and policy to the state plan, recognition of the military presence in the state as an area of important state concern.

The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii supported this bill with amendments. The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism's Office of Planning provided comments.

Your Committee finds that the continued operations of existing and future military installations are necessary to the well-being of the State's economy and security.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Replacing the term "military presence" with "defense and security presence" to encompass the additional dimensions of the nation's security program; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2457, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2457, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,

 

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KEN ITO, Chair