STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3311

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 2073

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2073, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEMORIALS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys to the Office of Veterans' Services for the planning, design, and construction, in consultation with the Department of Accounting and General Services, of the Hawaii Gulf War Memorial and replicas of the Hawaii Gulf War Memorial.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services; the Department of Defense, State Civil Defense; the Military Officers Association of America; and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that the freedom and security that United States citizens enjoy today are the direct result of the sacrifices and continued vigilance of the United States Armed Forces over the course of our nation's history.  Those sacrifices have been felt nationwide and have been recognized in Hawaii with memorials to those who fought and died in conflicts such as the Korean and Vietnam wars.  Your Committee further finds that a proper memorial, such as the proposed Gulf War Memorial, will allow Hawaii residents to recognize and honor the many service members who have sacrificed for our country during recent conflicts in that part of the world.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing the means of financing for the planning, design, and construction of the Hawaii Gulf War Memorial from general revenues to general obligation bonds;

(2)  Adding a lapsing provision; and

(3)  Making a technical nonsubstantive change for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 2073, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2073, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair