Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2549 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to create a special fund to reimburse the life insurance premiums of members of the Hawaii National Guard and federal military reserves residing in Hawaii for the time period they are deployed to a war zone.

The Hawaii National Guard Association and Hawaii National Guard Enlisted Association testified in support of this bill. The Department of Defense and Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii supported the intent of the bill.

Your Committee feels this bill will provide needed relief should the National Guard and Reserves ever be called to duty in the future.

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 H.B. No. 2549 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.