STAND. COM. REP. NO.  612

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.C.R. No. 42

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Economic Development & Business and Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 42 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO ESTABLISH THE COMMISSION FOR HAWAII'S FUTURE TO GUIDE AND PREPARE HAWAII FOR REDUCED MILITARY SPENDING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish a commission to address an expected reduction in U.S. Military spending in the State of Hawaii, as evident by proposals of the U.S. Army to reduce the number of military personnel stationed in Hawaii.

The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii testified in support of this measure. The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, and one individual commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1) Specifying that the plan developed by the Commission for Hawaii's Future to address the reduction in Department of Defense expenditures be a business plan; and

     (2) Including Hawaii's Congressional Delegation as recipients of certified copies of this measure;

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Economic Development & Business and Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 42, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 42, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Economic Development & Business and Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

____________________________ KEN ITO, Chair

____________________________ DEREK S.K. KAWAKAMI, Chair