STAND. COM. REP. NO. 734-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2351

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. 2351 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CHARGEABLE TRANSIENT QUARTERS REVOLVING FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to continue to provide essential training for military personnel in Hawaii by establishing a Chargeable Transient Accommodations Revolving Fund into which lodging and billet fees are deposited to pay for the costs of goods and services of the National Guard's 298^th Regiment Multi-functional, Regional Training Institute.

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. 2351, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2351, 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