STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1099-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.B. No. 2256

      S.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 2256, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER LICENSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify the authorization to notate the term "veteran" on a driver's license to include a veteran of the Korean conflict and those who served in the armed forces of the Republic of Korea, fought under the command of the United Nations led by the United States during the Korean conflict, and is currently a United States citizen.

The Office of Veterans' Services, a member of the City Council of the City and County of Honolulu, Korean War Veterans Association Aloha Chapter, and a concerned individual supported this measure.

     Should the Committee on Transportation deliberate on this measure, your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts respectfully requests that it consider specifying in this measure that the Director of the Office of Veterans' Services shall be the party responsible to certify that the driver license applicant is a veteran of the armed forces of the Republic of Korea, fought under the command of the United Nations led by the United States during the Korean conflict, and is currently a United States citizen.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2256, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Transportation.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

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KEN ITO, Chair