STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1492

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.B. No. 1968

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1968 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow National Guard personnel on state active duty to deposit their paycheck by electronic transfer to their personal banking accounts.

     The Department of Defense, Hawaii National Guard Association, and Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii supported this bill.

     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 S.B. No. 1968 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,

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SHARON E. HAR, Acting Chair and Vice Chair