STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2104

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2012
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental
Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2012 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR VETERANS
     CEMETERIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to provide adequate funds for
the care and maintenance of veterans cemeteries in Hawaii.
     
     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Office of Veteran Services, a Council Member from the County of
Hawaii, the Parks and Recreation Department of the County of
Hawaii, five members of the Disabled American Veterans Chapter #6
in Hilo, three members of the Big Island Retired Military
Association, the Hawaii Island Veterans Memorial Inc., two
members of the Korean War Veterans, Hilo Chapter, the WW II 100th
Infantry Battalion Veterans Group, Sons and Daughters of AJA
Veterans, and VFW Post 3875 Aux.
     
     The testimony received by your Committee indicated that the
Counties have had the primary responsibility for establishing and
maintaining veterans cemeteries within their respective counties,
while the State has provided a small maintenance subsidy.  As a
result, the cemeteries are suffering from inadequate care and are
not receiving maintenance at the level they deserve.

     Your Committee believes that the State should contribute a
larger amount of funding and show that the State shares in its

 
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commitment to honor those men and women and their spouses who
have served our nation in times of need.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs that is
attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the
intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2012, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Transportation
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs,



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                                   CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

 
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