STAND. COM. REP. NO. 904-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2131

S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2131, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to make an appropriation to enable the Office of Veterans' Services to publish a Hawaii veterans newsletter.

Your Committee finds that a reliable and effective method of communicating important information to Hawaii's veterans is lacking. This appropriation will allow the Office of Veterans' Services to publish a newsletter to inform veterans and their families of important outreach services available to veterans and their families, upcoming veteran-related events, and the dates of various military ceremonies.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Veterans' Services, the Advisory Board of Veterans' Services, the Disabled American Veterans, and the Oahu Veterans Council.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2131, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

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KEN ITO, Chair