STAND. COM. REP. NO.  120-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1900

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1900 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to enable the State to process military personnel actions in a timely manner by recognizing the designations of prisoner of war and missing in action as valid descriptions of casualty status and category classification.

 

     The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii and Oahu Veterans Council testified in support of this bill.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1900 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair