STAND. COM. REP. NO. 290-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2241

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Corrections, Military, & Veterans, to which was referred H.B. No. 2241 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CIVIL AIR PATROL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for civilian auxiliary aviation services performed by the Hawaii Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.

Your Committee finds that the Hawaii Wing of the Civil Air Patrol provides critical emergency response and recovery services to the State. Your Committee further finds that the Hawaii Wing of the Civil Air Patrol has provided these services for years with state funding for operational expenses, however, this funding ceased with the COVID-19 pandemic. Your Committee recognizes that as a result of this lack of funding, the Hawaii Wing of the Civil Air Patrol has been operating at a $10,000 per year deficit. Your Committee believes that this measure addresses this need by appropriating funds to the Hawaii Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

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

Your Committee respectfully requests your Committee on Finance, should it deliberate on this measure, to consider the testimony provided by the Hawaii Wing of the Civil Air Patrol regarding amendments to section 42F-103, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Corrections, Military, & Veterans that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2241, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2241, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Corrections, Military, & Veterans,

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MARK J. HASHEM, Chair