STAND. COM. REP. 506

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 142

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 142 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide special recognition for military veterans with disabilities by:

(1) Establishing a new special number plate for disabled veterans that would include the words "disabled veteran";

(2) Exempting veterans with disabilities from paying a fee for their special number plates; and

(3) Expanding the evidence to be submitted with an application for plates to include certification that the veteran is at least 50 percent disabled.

The State Department of Defense supported the intent of this bill, and the City and County of Honolulu offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Deleting all references to disabled veterans; and

(2) Establishing a new special number plate for Congressional Medal of Honor recipients that would include the words "Medal of Honor".

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 142, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 142, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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

 

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KEN ITO, Chair