STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2431

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2502

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2502 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Hawaii Civil Air Patrol to continue its missions and tsunami operations in Hawaii.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the United States Air Force Auxiliary's 66th Composite Squadron and three concerned individuals.  The written comments may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that, in addition to several important civil defense missions, the Hawaii civil air patrol also provides the only airborne tsunami warning service in the State.  Your Committee further finds that the Hawaii Civil Air Patrol requires state funds in order to continue its vital tsunami warning operations.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2110 to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2502, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2502, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair