STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2881

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.R. No. 14

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs and Transportation and Energy, to which was referred S.R. No. 14 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Governor to rename a section of Kapule Highway as the Kaua‘i Veterans Memorial Highway.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Defense Office of Veteran Services, Kauai Veterans Council, and one individual.

     Your Committees find that the United States Armed Forces have protected and sustained liberty, freedom, and the American way of life for the citizens of the nation since the founding of the United States.  Veterans of the Armed Forces have dedicated their lives to these values and have made tremendous sacrifices to defend and preserve them.  It is imperative that the State recognize and honor these veterans and their dedicated service in a tangible, permanent manner.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs and Transportation and Energy that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 14 and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs and Transportation and Energy,

________________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

________________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair