HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2046

TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to MILITARY LAND.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 121-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§121-10  Administration.  The adjutant general shall from time to time make and publish such orders and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as are necessary to bring the organization, armament, equipment, and discipline of the organized militia to a state of efficiency as nearly as possible approaching that of the army and air force of the United States.  The adjutant general shall attest all commissions issued to military officers, appointments issued to warrant officers, maintain personnel records, superintend preparation of all letters and reports required by the United States from the State.  The adjutant general shall have charge of the state military reservations, armories, and all other property of the State kept or used for military purposes.  The adjutant general shall have charge of all property of the State leased to the United States Army.  The adjutant general shall take an inventory at least once each year of all military stores, property, and funds under the adjutant general's jurisdiction.  The adjutant general shall be the official custodian of the military records of all persons from the State who served in the armed forces of the United States during times of war or grave national emergency, including those records [which are] turned over to the State by the federal agency of selective service.  The records shall be preserved perpetually in accordance with rules and regulations established by the adjutant general.

     The adjutant general shall make an annual report of the operations of the adjutant general's department."

SECTION 2.  Without regard to chapter 171, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by June 30, 2017, each department shall convey to the state department of defense all state lands that are under the control of that department and that are leased by the United States Army.

SECTION 3.  The department of defense shall submit to the legislature, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2017 and 2018, a report that documents:

     (1)  All state lands leased by the United States Army; and

     (2)  The efforts and progress made to meet the requirements of section 2.

     SECTION 4.  All appropriations, records, equipment, machines, files, supplies, contracts, books, papers, documents, maps, and other personal property heretofore made, used, acquired, or held by any agency or department relating to the functions transferred to the department of defense shall be transferred with the functions to which they relate.

     SECTION 5.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 6.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Army; Land Transfer; Defense; DLNR; DOT; DOD

 

Description:

Transfers all state land leased by the United States Army to state DOD by June 30, 2017.  Requires DOD to submit a report to the legislature.

 

 

 

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