STAND. COM. REP. NO.  577-14

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 Finance, 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 veterans long-term care facility.

The member of Congress representing Hawaii's 1^st district; State Adjutant General; Office of Veterans Services; Advisory Board on Veterans' Services; Department of Hawaii, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States; Hawaii Health Systems Corporation; National Association for Uniformed Services, Hawaii Chapter; Healthcare Association of Hawaii; The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii; Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Oahu Region; and several individuals testified in support of this measure.

     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. 2074 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair