STAND. COM. REP. NO.  335-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2353

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2353 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VETERANS CEMETERIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to specify that the general obligation fund appropriation for fiscal years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 for the expansion and land acquisition of burial space for the Veterans Cemetery in Makawao, Maui, also be used for planning, design, and construction.

 

     The Oahu Veterans Council testified in support of this measure.  The Office of Veterans Services testified in support of the intent of this measure.   

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2353 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 & Military Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair