STAND. COM. REP. NO. 733-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2350

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 2350 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE NATIONAL GUARD,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to preserve the operating budget of the State Department of Defense while assisting the Department in recouping costs associated with the rental and use of facilities under their jurisdiction, including utility, maintenance, and personnel costs, by allowing the Department to retain a portion of the rental revenues to cover these costs.

The State Department of Defense testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to March 19, 2100, to facilitate further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

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 H.B. No. 2350, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2350, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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MATTHEW S. LOPRESTI, Chair