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. 115, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to preserve the final resting place of departed veterans and address the problem of sinking gravesites at the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery by appropriating funds to:

(1) Mitigate soil problems at the cemetery; and

The Office of Veterans Services, Oahu Veterans Council, and a concerned individual 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. 115, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.