STAND. COM. REP. NO.  219-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2074

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 2074 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VETERANS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to honor the sacrifices of those who served in the armed forces and assist Hawaii's veterans with their long-term care needs by authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds for the construction of a veteran's long-term care facility.

 

     The Representative from the 1st Congressional District, State of Hawaii Department of Defense, Office of Veterans Services, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Oahu Region, Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Advisory Board on Veterans' Services, and Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States testified in support of this bill.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2074 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Health.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

 

 

 

 

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K. MARK TAKAI, Chair