STAND. COM. REP. NO.  163-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2490

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 2490 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VETERANS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to recognize the dedication, service, and sacrifice of disabled veterans by exempting them from county vehicle taxes and deleting their exemption from the state annual vehicle registration fee, without regard to whether the disabled veteran is in receipt of military disability retirement pay.

 

     A concerned individual supported this measure.  The Office of Veterans' Services supported the intent of this measure.  The Tax Foundation of Hawaii submitted comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Reinstating the exemption from the state annual vehicle registration fee; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2490, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2490, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Transportation.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

 

 

 

 

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KEN ITO, Chair