STAND. COM. REP. NO. 706

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 882

       S.D. 2

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 882, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A MEMORIAL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to develop a plan to establish and fund a memorial honoring the veterans from Hawaii who served in recent Middle Eastern combat conflicts, beginning with the Persian Gulf War.

     Your Committee finds that the State has previously built a Korean and Vietnam War Memorial on Oahu honoring the sacrifices and contributions of veterans from Hawaii who fought in those wars.  It is only fitting that the State honors the many veterans who have made sacrifices and contributions in recent conflicts in the Middle East:  the Persian Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom (renamed Operation New Dawn), the War in Afghanistan (or Operation Enduring Freedom), and other combat conflicts.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

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

     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. 882, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 882, S.D. 2.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair