STAND. COM. REP. NO.  738-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2410

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2410 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE MILITARY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to strengthen Hawaii's economy and maintain the mutually beneficial relationship between the State and the military by requiring the Governor to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the United States Department of Defense to:

(1)  Enhance the State's relationship with the military; and

(2)  Provide continued support for the military's presence in Hawaii.

The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii and Military Officers Association of America, Hawaii Chapter testified in support of this measure.  The Department of the Navy commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Clarifying that the Navy's military operations include Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam and the Pacific Missile Range Facility, rather than the Pearl Harbor Naval Air Station and Barbers Point Naval Air Station;

(2)  Specifying that collaborative efforts under the memorandum of understanding include:

(A)  Retaining or expanding military bases and training areas including research, development, and testing and evaluation; and

(B)  Limiting the development of areas adjacent to military bases and training areas to ensure land uses that are compatible with base activities and that sustain military readiness; and

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 2410, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2410, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair