STAND. COM. REP. NO.  808

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 49

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 49 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ARMED FORCES SERVICE MEMBERS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to provide for the efficient disposition of the remains of a deceased member of the armed services of the United States by recognizing the United States Department of Defense Record of Emergency Data, DD Form 93, as an acceptable means of naming the person authorized to direct the disposition of the body.

 

      The Department of Defense testified in support of this measure.  The federal Department of Defense offered comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to January 7, 2059, to promote further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 49, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 49, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair