STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1040-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2698

H.D. 3

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2698, H.D. 2, 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 the men and women who served in World War I, and to remember their suffering and loss of life, by appropriating moneys to honor the one-hundredth anniversary of World War I with various programs, ceremonies, and activities.

The Hawaii Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States; Hawaii State World War I Centennial Task Force; Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii; National Association for Uniformed Services Hawaii Chapter; Hawaii Society, Sons of the American Revolution; Veterans United Home Loans; and a few concerned individuals supported this measure. The Office of Veterans Services provided comments

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation amount from $500,000 to an unspecified amount; 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. 2698, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2698, H.D. 3.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair