STAND. COM. REP. 168

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 938

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. 938 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to expedite the construction of military training facilities in the event of war by exempting the construction from any state laws, rules, or regulations. This bill authorizes the Governor to suspend all laws pertaining to the construction of training facilities when the Governor determines that these facilities are reasonably necessary for the security of the State.

The State Department of Defense and The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii testified in support of this bill. The American Friends Service Committee and five individuals opposed this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Repealing the provisions of this measure on June 30, 2004; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of consistency.

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. 938, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 938, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection.

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

 

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KEN ITO, Chair