STAND. COM. REP. NO.  877

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 1136

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1136, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CIVIL AIR PATROL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Defense for the Civil Air Patrol.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Defense, several members of the Civil Air Patrol, Civil Air Patrol - Hawaii Wing, the Kona Composite Squadron of the Hawaii Wing, the Kauai Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, and two individuals.

     Your Committee finds that the Civil Air Patrol performs tsunami warning missions and other emergency services for the residents of this State and that the Civil Air Patrol is a vital asset to the State Department of Defense.  This measure would provide funds to ensure that Hawaii has sufficient trained pilots, observers, and scanners within the Civil Air Patrol who can respond to emergencies in the State.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount to facilitate further discussion of the measure.

     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. 1136, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1136, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair