STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1104

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 195

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 195, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII CIVIL AIR PATROL,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure public safety by appropriating funds to support the operations of the Hawaii Civil Air Patrol in its performance of vital local and national services, including disaster relief, search and rescue, homeland security, and medical emergency transport.

 

The Department of Defense, 66th Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol, and many concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. 

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 195, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 195, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair