Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 766 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to grant any member of the armed forces while on active duty or deployed during a state or national crisis, a ninety-day period to file any required license renewal application.

Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by the Department of Defense, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, and two individuals.

Your Committee finds that approximately 2,100 soldiers from the Hawaii Army National Guard and 1,100 from the Army Reserve have been ordered to active duty. Efforts to support these brave men and women who serve our country away from their profession and regular employment should be considered. This measure provides a fair solution to those who hold professional or vocational licenses.

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this measure to extend the grace period to one hundred and twenty days and clarify that the extension is applicable to licenses that are also current but may expire before the grace period lapses.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 766, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 766, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Housing.