STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2174

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2778

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2778 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CHARGEABLE TRANSIENT QUARTERS REVOLVING FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to create a chargeable transient quarters revolving fund, to be administered by the Department of Defense, into which lodging and billet fees are to be deposited.

Your Committee did not receive any testimony on this measure.

Your Committee finds that the Hawaii Army National Guard's 298th Regiment multi-functional, Regional Training Institute is an essential training command for Hawaii and the Pacific region. The Regional Training Institute trains soldiers and leaders of the United States Army National Guard, active duty, and reserves. The Regional Training Institute is a charitable transient quarters where trainees pay nightly billet and lodging fees. This measure creates a chargeable transient quarters revolving fund into which the lodging and billet fees may be deposited and out of which the cost of goods and services furnished may be paid.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2778 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair