STAND. COM. REP. NO.  994

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 420

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 420, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VETERANS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to allow for the designation of "one hundred percent disabled veteran" or a symbol or an abbreviation thereof, on driver's licenses, driver's instruction permits, and civil identification cards.  

 

     State Office of Veterans Services and a concerned individual supported this measure.  Two concerned individuals opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, 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. 420, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 420, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair