Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Water and Land Use and Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 887, S.D. 1, entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), in consultation with Veterans of the 100^th Infantry Battalion, to select a site and prepare plans for a memorial at Sand Island state recreation area to honor the soldiers of the 100^th Infantry Battalion.

DLNR and DOD testified in support of this measure.

Your Committees agree that the acts of heroism and the significant accomplishments of the men of the 100^th Infantry Battalion during the European Campaign in W.W.II have brought fame not only to the unit itself, but also to the State of Hawaii.

Your Committees encourage the DOD, and the Veterans of the 100^th Infantry Battalion to secure donations for the memorial through private source. Additional funding if required should be requested from the 2002 Legislature.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water and Land Use and Public Safety and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 887, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.