STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2556

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2603

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2603 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VETERANS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to support the construction of a veterans long-term care facility by authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds.

     No written comments were received by your Committee on this measure.

     Your Committee finds that an additional veterans long-term care facility in Hawaii will provide additional necessary care to veterans, their spouses, and other eligible individuals.  The facility will also provide an economic boost to Hawaii by creating jobs and purchasing supplies for facility operation.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2603 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair