STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1238

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1063

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1063 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to allow National Guard personnel on State Active Duty to deposit their paychecks by electronic transfer to their personal banking accounts.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State Adjutant General and the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii.

     Your Committee, pursuant to the Governor's request, amended this measure by deleting its contents and inserting a request for emergency funding from the Governor to provide authorization to expend interdepartmental transfer funds for the Operation About Face Program which is a program that provides services to youths from age eleven to adulthood in the subject areas of English and mathematics, as well as teaching them valuable life skills.

     Specifically, this measure increases the appropriation amount for fiscal year 2006-2007 from $4,700,000 to $7,900,000 in item I‑20 of section 3 of Act 178, Session Laws of 2005, as amended by Act 160, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006.

     It is the intent of your Committee to provide emergency funding, pursuant to the Governor's request, for the Operation About Face Program so that children of Hawaii's National Guard are provided with important services in order for them to become productive citizens.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1063, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1063, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair