STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3645

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2697

H.D. 2

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2697, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VETERANS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for and require the Office of Veterans' Services to organize, coordinate, and conduct a biennial Hawaii veterans summit.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Defense, Office of Veterans Services; the Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii; and one individual.

Your Committee finds that a biennial Hawaii veterans summit will enable veterans and their families and dependents to efficiently and conveniently access important services and information from any number of public and private entities at a single event.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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 H.B. No. 2697, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2697, H.D. 2, S.D. 1.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair