STAND. COM. REP. NO.  802-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1771

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1771, 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 $600,000 for Fiscal Year 2014-2015 to support operational mission readiness activities of the Hawaii Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, including facilities maintenance and capital improvements not funded by the National Civil Air Patrol.

The State Adjutant General; Department of Transportation; Hawaii Wing Civil Air Patrol; National Association for Uniformed Services, Hawaii Chapter; and several individuals supported this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount;

(2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion; 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. 1771, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1771, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair