STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1218-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 2447

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2447 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE NATIONAL GUARD,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to help defray the out-of-pocket costs borne by Hawaii's Army and Air National Guard personnel by increasing the amount of the uniform maintenance allowance provided by the State to enlisted personnel from $1.50 per day to $10.00 per day, but not to exceed $150 per year.

     The Hawaii National Guard Enlisted Association, Military Affairs Council of the Hawaii Chamber of Council, and a concerned individual supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Repealing section 121-41, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which provides for the uniform maintenance allowance; and

(2)  Making technical nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2447, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2447, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,

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CINDY EVANS, Chair