STAND. COM. REP. NO.868

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 77

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 77 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE WOMEN IN MILITARY SERVICE FOR AMERICA MEMORIAL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate $25,000 as a donation to the Women in Military Service for America Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery. All other states have made contributions to the Memorial.

Concerned citizens submitted testimony in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Amending the appropriation amount to $1 to facilitate further discussion; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 77, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 77, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair