STAND. COM. REP. NO. 89

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 879

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 879 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to repeal the uniform maintenance allowance for enlisted personnel on July 1, 2112.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one state department.  Testimony in opposition to this measure was received from one individual.

     According to testimony of the State Department of Defense, this measure would allow monies that were earmarked for uniform maintenance to be reallocated to the Hawaii National Guard Tuition Assistance Program.  This program awards tuition assistance to qualified, enlisted warrant officers, and officers up to the rank of Captain who are state residents and undergraduate students working toward a degree on any campus in Hawaii.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 879, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 879, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs,

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WILL ESPERO, Chair