STAND. COM. REP. NO.  550

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 464

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 464 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE VETERANS' HOME,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to continue to support the well-being of Hawaii's veterans by:

(1)  Establishing a Veterans' Gift Account (Account) within the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (HHSC) to be administered by the Chief Executive Officer of HHSC;

(2)  Authorizing gifts of money to be deposited into the Account;

(3)  Allowing gifts of personal property to be sold, exchanged, or used in-kind if the gift is not appropriate for conversion to money; and

(4)  Authorizing the Chief Executive Officer of HHSC to use the gifts of money or personal property deposited into the Veterans' Gift Account only in a manner authorized by the donor.

     The Office of Veterans Services testified in support of the intent of this bill.  HHSC provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 464, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 464, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs,

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair