Report Title:

National Guard; Direct Deposit

Description:

Allows national guard personnel on state active duty to deposit their paycheck by electronic transfer to their personal banking accounts.

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	1968
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO the hawaii NATIONAL GUARD.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 121-39, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§121-39  Pay of officers and warrant officers while on active duty.  Officers and warrant officers of the army or air national guard while on active duty of the State shall receive the pay and allowances of officers and warrant officers of similar grades of the United States [army] Army and [air force,] Air Force, respectively; provided that [no]:

(1) The State shall allow officers and warrant officers to directly deposit their pay by electronic means to their personal banking accounts; and;

(2) No pay or allowances shall be made to officers or warrant officers for any service for which they receive military pay and allowances from the United States."

     SECTION 2.  Section 121-40, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§121-40  Pay of enlisted personnel while on active duty.  Enlisted personnel of the army and air national guard while on active duty in the service of the State, except during periods of annual field training or year-round field training, shall receive the same pay and allowances as enlisted personnel of similar rank in the United States [army] Army and [air force,] Air Force respectively; provided that the [aggregate]:

(1) State shall allow enlisted personnel to directly deposit their pay by electronic means to their personal banking accounts; and

(2) Aggregate of the pay and allowances, computed on a daily basis, shall in no event be less than the amount equal to ten times the hourly wage specified in section 387-2."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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