STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1043-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2305

S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2305, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VETERANS' SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve policies concerning and services and activities for veterans by:

(1) Placing the Policy Advisory Board on Veterans' Services (Board) within the Office of Veterans' Services (OVS);

(2) Increasing the Board's membership;

(3) Clarifying residency requirements for Board members; and

(4) Adjusting the quorum requirements accordingly.

The OVS and Board supported this bill.

Your Committee finds that districts have been growing at such an exponential rate that more veterans are moving into various communities. In order for the Board to have input from veterans in these burgeoning communities, the increase in membership effectively address these concerns.

 

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2305, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,

 

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KEN ITO, Chair