STAND. COM. REP. NO.  347-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2555

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2555 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII CIVIL AIR PATROL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support the Hawaii Wing Civil Air Patrol which provides this state with many valuable services, including disaster relief, search and rescue, homeland security, and medical emergency transport services to local and national organizations by providing an appropriation of $295,050 for operational expenses.

     The Hawaii Wing Civil Air Patrol, 66^th Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, and numerous concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Department of Defense supported the intent of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Removing line-item operational expenses;

(2)  Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount; and

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes 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. 2555, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2555, 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,

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CINDY EVANS, Chair