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                                 STAND. COM. REP. NO. 562-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2457
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
2457 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VETERANS LOANS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to repeal Chapter 364, Hawaii
Revised Statutes, relating to veterans loans.

     The Department of Budget and Finance and the Office of
Veterans Services testified in support of this bill.

     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.
2457 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair