STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1280-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: S.B. No. 2919
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2919, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE MILITIA,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill 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.
The Adjutant General submitted testimony in support of this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to facilitate further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2919, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2919, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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