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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A WAR MEMORIAL.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature enacted Act 139, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, directing the office of veterans services, with the assistance of the department of accounting and general services, the department of defense, and the state historic preservation division, to develop a plan to establish a memorial honoring the veterans of the Persian Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation New Dawn, Global War on Terrorism, Homeland Defense, and Operation Noble Eagle, and those who have protected our borders by land, sea, and air.
The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds for the planning, design, and construction of the memorial honoring the aforementioned veterans, as proposed and submitted by the Gulf War Memorial task force to the legislature in January 2014.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $5,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014-2015 for the planning, design, and construction of a memorial honoring the veterans of the Persian Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation New Dawn, Global War on Terrorism, Homeland Defense, and Operation Noble Eagle, and those who have protected our borders by land, sea, and air, and replicas on each neighbor island, as recommended by the Gulf War memorial task force pursuant to Act 139, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the office of veterans services for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2014.
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Report Title:
Veterans' Memorial; Appropriation
Description:
Appropriates funds to the office of veterans services for the planning, design, and construction of a veterans' memorial.
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