Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1805, H.D. 2, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to support, as part of the State Plan, the military's presence in Hawaii consistent with the military's goals and the State's goals.

The state Department of Defense and Office of Planning of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism supported this bill. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii supported the intent of the measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to facilitate further discussion.

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. 1805, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1805, H.D. 3.