STAND. COM. REP. NO. 225

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 1649

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1649 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PEARL HARBOR MEMORIAL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds to contribute to the funding of a new Pearl Harbor memorial museum and visitor center.

Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by the Department of Defense, Oahu Veterans Council, and Disabled American Veterans.

Your Committee finds that the Pearl Harbor memorial museum and visitor center are visited by hundreds of thousands of individuals annually and have consistently been one of the major destinations for Hawaii tourists. The existing structures have been in place since 1980 but are in need of maintenance for structural problems. There has also been a long-standing need to increase the museum size and the Arizona Memorial Museum Association has made plans to raise funds for the building of a new center. The general obligation bonds authorized by this measure will ensure the success of this project.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1649 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 Education and Military Affairs,

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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair