STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2950

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1944

       S.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 1944, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH CLUBS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to allow military personnel deployed outside of the State on federal active duty to cancel or suspend a health club membership at any time during the contract term, subject to certain conditions.

     Written comments in support of the measure were submitted by one private organization.  Written comments presented to your Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that allowing members who receive orders for deployment outside Hawaii to suspend or cancel their health club memberships is reasonable.  These provisions will allow service members to enter into such memberships without fear that a sudden deployment will require them to forfeit fees paid to the health club.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1944, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1944, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair