STAND. COM. REP. NO.  776

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 658

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 658 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE MAUI OFFICE OF VETERANS' SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support military veterans by appropriating general fund revenues to support an additional full-time veterans' counselor position for the Maui Office of Veterans' Services.

     The Office of Veterans' Services supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 658, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 658, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair