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HI HB1943
Bill
Status
1/20/2010
Primary Sponsor
Mark Takai
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AI Summary
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Adds a new function to the director of the office of veterans' services to act on behalf of deceased veterans who were indigent at death and have no surviving immediate family members.
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Requires the director to ensure burial or cremation services are provided for qualifying deceased veterans and that their remains are buried or inurned in a state veterans cemetery.
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Amends Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 363-2(c) to establish this as the director's tenth principal function, duty, and power.
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Takes effect upon approval.
Legislative Description
Veterans Rights and Benefits; Burial
Last Action
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and M. Lee, Souki excused (2).
2/10/2010