STAND. COM. REP. 1482
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 1050
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1050, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VETERANS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to require the Office of Veterans' Services (OVS) to provide grants of up to $2,500 per grant under the Veterans Burial Grant Program (Program) to reimburse survivors or interested parties of deceased World War II Filipino veterans for funeral and burial expenses, or the cost of transporting the remains to the Philippines.
In addition, this bill:
(1) Requires valid documentation that the WWII Filipino veteran was, at the time of death, a resident of Hawaii; and
(2) Requires OVS to complete the grant application processing and eligibility determination within seven working days following receipt of the completed application and all required documents.
OVS supported the intent of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to facilitate further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity
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 S.B. No. 1050, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1050, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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