STAND. COM. REP. NO.  279

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 668

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 668 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VETERANS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to recognize the services rendered by veterans by establishing the Working Group on the Expansion of the Military License Plate Program, to examine the State's policy on military specialty license plates and explore the feasibility of providing specialty license plates for all veterans.

 

     The Oahu Veterans Council testified in support of this measure.  The Office of Veterans' Services supported the intent of this bill.  The Department of Customer Services of the City and County of Honolulu opposed this measure.

 

     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 Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 668, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 668, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ HENRY J. C. AQUINO, Chair