Bill Text: HI SB2597 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Veterans' Memorial; Appropriation ($)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-21 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Tokioka, Ward, Yamane excused (3). [SB2597 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-SB2597-Amended.html
|
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2597 |
|
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
S.D. 1 |
|
|
STATE OF HAWAII |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
||
A BILL FOR AN ACT
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A WAR MEMORIAL.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature enacted Act 139, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, directing the office of veterans' services, with the assistance of the department of accounting and general services, the department of defense, and the state historic preservation division, to develop a plan to establish a memorial honoring the veterans of the Persian Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation New Dawn, Global War on Terrorism, Homeland Defense, and Operation Noble Eagle, and those who have protected our borders by land, sea, and air.
The purpose of this Act is to authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriate the proceeds therefrom for the planning, design, and construction of the memorial honoring the aforementioned veterans, as proposed and submitted by the Gulf War Memorial task force to the legislature in January 2014.
SECTION 2. The director of finance is authorized to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary is appropriated for fiscal year 2014-2015 for the planning, design, and construction of a memorial honoring the veterans of the Persian Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation New Dawn, Global War on Terrorism, Homeland Defense, and Operation Noble Eagle, and those who have protected our borders by land, sea, and air, and replicas of the memorial on each neighbor island, as recommended by the Gulf War memorial task force pursuant to Act 139, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the office of veterans' services for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. The appropriation made for the capital improvement project authorized by this Act shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal biennium for which the appropriation is made; provided that all moneys from the appropriation unencumbered as of June 30, 2016, shall lapse as of that date.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Veterans' Memorial; GO Bonds
Description:
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates the proceeds therefrom for fiscal year 2014-2015 to the office of veterans' services for the planning, design, and construction of a memorial honoring the veterans of the Persian Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation New Dawn, Global War on Terrorism, Homeland Defense, and Operation Noble Eagle, and those who have protected our borders by land, sea, and air. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
