Bill Text: HI HB158 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: National Guard; Tuition Assistance ($)
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-12-18 - Carried over to 2014 Regular Session. [HB158 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HB158-Introduced.html
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to tuition assistance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 121-45, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The adjutant general, subject to the
availability of funds, may award tuition assistance to qualified enlisted
persons, warrant officers, and [company grade] officers [(0-1 through
0-3)] in the Hawaii national guard who are:
(1) Residents of the State, as defined by the board
of regents pursuant to section [[]304A-402[]]; and
(2) [Undergraduate students] Students
working toward a degree on any campus of the University of Hawaii. Students
working toward an undergraduate degree shall receive priority consideration for
the awarding of available funding for tuition assistance."
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $1,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2013-2014 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014-2015 to provide tuition assistance to qualified members of the Hawaii national guard who are students working toward a degree on any campus of the University of Hawaii system.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of defense for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval; provided that section 2 shall take effect on July 1, 2013.
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Report Title:
National Guard; Tuition Assistance; Appropriation
Description:
Broadens the scope of the tuition assistance to Hawaii national guard members attending the University of Hawaii and appropriates funds for that purpose.
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