STAND. COM. REP. NO. 940

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 527

       H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 527, H.D. 1, 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 of the Hawaii National Guard.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Defense.

 

     Your Committee finds that modern uniforms are made of wash and wear materials that no longer require dry cleaning, which eliminates the need for professional laundering.  Your Committee further finds that the numerous benefits accorded by the State to National Guard and other military members in recent years will more than cover the loss in funds should the Uniform Maintenance Allowance be repealed.

 

     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 H.B. No. 527, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the 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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WILL ESPERO, Chair