Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Transportation and Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1750 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to allow veterans the option of indicating, through the use of a decal sticker, involvement of up to four different war or military campaigns on a single license plate.

A retired veteran testified in favor of this measure. The Office of Veterans Services supported the intent of this measure. The City and County of Honolulu testified in opposition to this bill.

Veterans are very proud of the service they have provided this nation, especially in times of conflict. Currently, a veteran of multiple conflicts is required to choose only one war or campaign to be reflected on a license plate because it is permanently imprinted on the plate, and there is not enough space for the listing of multiple conflict participation. Allowing veterans the option of listing their service in these military campaigns appears to be a fitting tribute to those who gave so much for the people of this nation.

Your Committees understand the concerns voiced by the City and County of Honolulu as to possible identification problems with these multiple combination license plates by police officers in actual traffic conditions. Therefore, your Committees feel that the recommendation by the City and County of Honolulu to allow these multiple combination plates under the law dealing with organizational license plates will make these plates easier to identify because of their unique numbering system. Your Committees feel that Congressional Medal of Honor recipients should also be allowed to show their status on these special license plates.

Accordingly, this measure has been amended by:

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Public Safety and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1750, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1750, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.