Report Title:

Veterans Cemeteries; Maintenance; Appropriation

Description:

Appropriates funds for maintenance of veterans cemeteries in the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1565

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

making an appropriation for maintenance of veterans cemeteries.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that burials for qualified veterans and their dependents in veterans cemeteries on Hawaii, Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, and the Hawaii state veterans cemetery on Oahu is an honor reserved for those who served their country in either peacetime or wartime. Establishment of these veterans cemeteries reflects the commitment of the people of Hawaii to those who served in the armed forces of the United States.

The legislature further finds that Hawaii's veterans cemeteries suffer from inadequate care and maintenance due to the lack of sufficient funding necessary to maintain these facilities at the level they deserve.

The purpose of this Act is to provide adequate funds for the care and maintenance of veterans cemeteries in Hawaii.

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $62,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2003-2004, for the maintenance of state veterans cemeteries in the county of Hawaii. The sum appropriated shall be expended by the county of Hawaii for the purposes of this section.

SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $25,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2003-2004, for the maintenance of the state veterans cemetery in the county of Kauai. The sum appropriated shall be expended by the county of Kauai for the purposes of this section.

SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $62,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2003-2004, for the maintenance of state veterans cemeteries in the county of Maui. The sum appropriated shall be expended by the county of Maui for the purposes of this section.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2003.

INTRODUCED BY:

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