Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 171, H.D. 2, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to support officers and employees of the State who are called to active duty in the armed forces and serve in a hostile fire zone by compensating them with the difference between their gross monthly state income and their gross monthly military income, if their state income exceeds the military income.

The Department of Human Resources Development, Department of Defense, The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Hawaii Government Employees Association AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO, Hawaii National Guard Enlisted Association, and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

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 H.B. No. 171, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 171, H.D. 3.