STAND. COM. REP. NO.  159-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2344

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2344 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO UNIFORM MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to repeal the uniform maintenance allowance for enlisted personnel.

     Your Committee notes that the $1.50 per day uniform maintenance allowance for dry cleaning is no longer necessary because uniforms are now wash-and-wear.  Furthermore, your Committee notes that the Adjutant General has suspended the uniform maintenance fee.  As such, and given the State's current financial crisis, these funds could be used for other programs funded by the Department of Defense.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2112, to facilitate further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2344, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2344, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs,

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair