STAND. COM. REP. NO.  137-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 1062

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1062 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TUITION ASSISTANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide educational opportunities to those who have chosen to protect our state and country by broadening the scope of law providing tuition assistance to Hawaii National Guard members attending the University of Hawaii.

     The Department of Defense supported the intent of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Specifying that commissioned and general officers may be awarded tuition assistance by the adjutant general;

(2)  Removing the appropriation provision; and

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 1062, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1062, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Higher Education.

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

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CINDY EVANS, Chair