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RESOLVED, That special commission, to consist of two members of the senate, five members of the house of representatives, one of whom shall be the chairman of the sub-committee on veterans affairs, the commissioner of veterans services, and six persons to be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be a business development specialist, one of whom shall be a business owner who is a veteran and one of whom shall have expertise in job training and employment counseling, and one whom works with the commonwealth's small business development center, is hereby established for the purpose of making an investigation and study relative to establishing a veteran-business assistance component within the office of entrepreneurial and small business development. The study shall include, but not be limited to: (1) what special problems veterans experience, in trying to start their own businesses, (2) determining the importance of veteran-owned businesses in the Massachsuetts economy, (3) determining what role, if any, the commonwealth should adopt in assisting veteran-owned businesses; and further to include in its conclusions and recommendations in relation thereto together with such drafts of legislation as may be necessary to give effect to the same in its report.

Said commission may file interim reports, but shall its final report no later than the last Wednesday in December, nineteen hundred and eighty-nine.