STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2883

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2901

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2901, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VETERANS CEMETERIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Defense for repair and improvement to veterans cemeteries among the four counties.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Kauai County Council, the Kauai Veterans Council, the Mayor of the County of Kauai, and a concerned citizen.  Comments on the measure were received from a concerned citizen.

     Your Committee finds that veterans cemeteries across the State, particularly on the neighbor islands, are in chronic disrepair.  The funds appropriated in this measure will provide necessary maintenance and upkeep services.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2901, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair