Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1029 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to facilitate communication among Hawaii's veterans and their families by appropriating funds to enable the Office of Veterans' Services (OVS) to publish the Hawaii Veterans' Newsletter.

OVS, the Advisory Board on Veterans' Services, a member of the Kauai County Council, the 442^nd Veterans Club, Disabled American Veterans and its Honolulu Chapter No. 3, National Association for Uniformed Services Hawaiian Chapter, Oahu Veterans Council, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.

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. 1029 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.