STAND. COM. REP. NO.  807

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 681

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 681 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE MILITARY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow members of the reserves or National Guard on active duty to participate meaningfully in state government by amending the Hawaii Election Laws to permit those members of the armed forces wishing to run for elected office to file nomination papers and take oaths by certified mail.

     The Department of Defense testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to January 7, 2059, to promote further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 681, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 681, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair