STAND. COM. REP. NO.  482

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 473

      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. 473 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO KAUAI VETERANS CEMETERY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to continue to honor the sacrifices of our veterans and their families by appropriating funds to repair and maintain the Kauai Veterans Cemetery.

     A concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The Office of Veterans' Services supported the intent of this measure.

     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. 473, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 473, 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