STAND. COM. REP. NO.  861

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1065

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1065, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to honor the memory of those who have served in defense of their country by appropriating funds for:

     (1)  The purchase of casket liners to help remedy soil problems at veterans cemeteries; and

     (2)  The maintenance of State Veterans cemeteries statewide.

     The Office of Veterans Services and the State Advisory Board on Veterans Services supported this bill.

     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. 1065, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair