STAND. COM. REP. NO.  403

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 621

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Public Safety & Military Affairs and Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 621 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY RESERVE COMPONENTS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to help lift some of the financial burdens placed on our active duty National Guard and Reserve military personnel by exempting them from vehicle taxes and registration fees.

     The Hawaii National Guard Association, Hawaii National Guard Enlisted Association, National Guard Association of Hawaii Insurance Trust, and The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii supported this bill.  The Department of Defense and Department of Transportation supported the intent of this measure.

     Your Committees have amended this bill by allowing all military personnel on active duty, together with the Coast Guard to be included in the vehicle tax and registration fee exemption.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety & Military Affairs and Transportation that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 621, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 621, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety & Military Affairs and Transportation,

____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair

____________________________ CINDY EVANS, Chair