STAND

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 816-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2919

S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Public Safety and Military Affairs and Labor and Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 2919, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE MILITIA,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to statutorily establish a joint headquarters in the state Department of Defense.

Additionally, this measure:

(1) Allows the Adjutant General to appoint an Assistant Adjutant General at a rank not higher than major general to command the joint headquarters; and

(2) Raises the grades of the Assistant Adjutant Generals in charge of the Army and Air Divisions (i.e., the Hawaii Army and Air National Guards, respectively), from a grade no higher than that of a brigadier (one star) general to that of a major (two star) general.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the state Department of Defense.

Your Committees find that the state Department of Defense has taken a proactive role in preparing for and protecting against potential terrorist attacks. This measure will assist the Department of Defense in its mission by establishing a joint headquarters, which along with the Army Division and Air Division of the National Guard will each be headed by an Assistant Adjutant General who shall have a grade no higher than major general.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety and Military Affairs and Labor and Public Employment that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2919, S.D. 1, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety and Military Affairs and Labor and Public Employment,

 

____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair		____________________________ KEN ITO, Chair