STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2846

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2410

       H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2410, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE MILITARY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Governor, on behalf of the State, to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the United States Department of Defense to enhance the State's relationship with the military and provide continued support for the military's presence in Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii; Military Officers Association of America, Hawaii Chapter; and one individual.  Testimony in opposition was received from one individual.

 

     Budget debates and actions being considered by the United States Congress and defense officials in the Pentagon have prompted defense communities to expedite the adoption of measures to protect existing military bases from closure or force realignments that result in decreasing military presence.  Your Committee finds that this measure will bolster the defense industry stationed in the islands against increased competition from other defense communities throughout the United States.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2410, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs,

 

 

 

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WILL ESPERO, Chair