STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3309

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 2410

       H.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2410, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to preserve, enhance, and support the shared benefits of military operations in Hawaii by requiring the Governor to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Defense.

Your Committee finds that a memorandum of understanding will facilitate and embrace a cooperative relationship between the State and the military.  This measure will help identify and formalize efforts to support the military's presence in Hawaii through the accommodation of military operations, personnel, and families.  Your Committee also finds that a memorandum of understanding will encourage continued military job creation, construction, procurement, and other spending in Hawaii, in light of expected federal budget cuts within the next ten years.

     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 H.B. No. 2410, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair