CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 111-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2018

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2697

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sirs:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2697, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VETERANS,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to assist Hawaii's veterans, including their families and dependents, by requiring the Office of Veterans' Services to organize, coordinate, and conduct a biennial State of Hawaii Veterans Summit and to appropriate funds to conduct the Summit.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Appropriating $400,000 to the Office of Veterans' Services to organize, coordinate, and conduct the biennial State of Hawaii Veterans Summit; and

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2018.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2697, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2697, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA

Chair

 

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MATTHEW S. LOPRESTI

Co-Chair

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BRICKWOOD GALUTERIA

Co-Chair

 

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BETH FUKUMOTO

Co-Chair