STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2293

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3198

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 3198 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for civilian auxiliary aviation services performed by the civil air patrol.

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

Your Committee finds that the civil air patrol is a nonprofit organization and an auxiliary of the United States Air Force, and its missions include emergency services, aerospace education, and cadet programs. Your Committee further finds that the civil air patrol emergency response and recovery activities have included search and rescue efforts, damage assessments, aerial photography of impacted areas, alerts and notifications, and the transportation of supplies. This measure will ensure the continuation of the Civil Air Patrol's operations during times of emergency by ensuring appropriate operation funds.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Adding language that provides that bylaw or policy requirements shall not apply to any incorporated agency or instrumentality of the United States wholly owned by the United States or by a corporation wholly owned by the United States;

(2) Adding language that requires that beginning in fiscal year 2025-2026, funds required to be appropriated to carry on the operations and defray the expenses of the Hawaii Wing, Civil Air Patrol, be included in the Department of Defense's annual budget request; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3198, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3198, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

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GLENN WAKAI, Chair