STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2526

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2335

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2335, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AND OVERSEAS CIVILIAN ABSENTEE VOTERS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to implement the voting provisions for uniformed services and overseas absentee voters, as required by the federal Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act.

 

     Your Committee received comments in support of this measure from The League of Women Voters of Hawaii.  Written comments may be viewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure will assure military personnel, spouses and dependents of military personnel, and civilians who are overseas, that their votes are valued and will be counted.

 

     Your Committee amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Correcting references to the "United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps" and the "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps";

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2055, to facilitate further discussion; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity 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. 2335, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2335, S.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair