STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3310

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 32

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 32 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO RENAME A SECTION OF KAPULE HIGHWAY IN THE COUNTY OF KAUA‘I AS THE KAUA‘I VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request that the Governor take all necessary action to rename and designate the section of Kapule Highway from Rice Street to Ahukini Road in the County of Kauai as the Kauai Veterans Memorial Highway.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Defense, Office of Veterans' Services.

     Your Committee recognizes that American military veterans have protected and sustained liberty, freedom, and the American way of life for every citizen since the founding of this nation.  Your Committee believes that the dedication and sacrifice of the men and women of the United States Armed Forces who have courageously served this country must be honored and not forgotten.  Your Committee also believes that renaming a section of Kapule Highway as the Kauai Veterans Memorial Highway could serve as a tangible, permanent, and constant reminder of the sacrifice, dedication, and service of all veterans of the United States Armed Forces.

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 32 and recommends its adoption.

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

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair