Report Title:

National Guard; Tuition Assistance; Appropriation

Description:

Broadens the scope of the law that provides tuition assistance to Hawaii national guard members attending the University of Hawaii and appropriates funds for that purpose.  (SD1)

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	1969
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO TUITION ASSISTANCE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 121-45, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  The adjutant general, subject to the availability of funds, may award tuition assistance to qualified enlisted persons, warrant officers, and [company grade] officers [(0-1 through 0-3)] in the Hawaii national guard who are:

     (1)  Residents of the State, as defined by the board of regents pursuant to section [[]304A‑402[]]; and

     (2)  [Undergraduate students] Students working toward a degree on any campus of the University of Hawaii."

     SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008-2009, to provide tuition assistance to members of the Hawaii national guard who are students working toward a degree on any campus of the University of Hawaii system.

     The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of defense for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval, provided that section 2 shall take effect on July 1, 2008.