Bill Text: HI SB879 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Enlisted Personnel; Uniform Maintenance Allowance
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-03-10 - (H) Referred to PBM, FIN, referral sheet 33 [SB879 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2011-SB879-Amended.html
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO UNIFORM MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the uniform maintenance allowance for enlisted personnel in the Hawaii national guard was established by Act 196, Session Laws of Hawaii 1967, to assist them with certain expenses. Subsequently, Act 197, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, increased the tax exemption for enlisted personnel, which in effect, more than covered any anticipated costs with respect to uniform maintenance. Additionally, the legislature finds that most modern military service uniforms are made of wash and wear fabric that no longer requires dry cleaning. Consequently, considering the budget crisis faced by state government, the uniform maintenance allowance is not warranted at this time.
The purpose of this Act is to repeal the uniform maintenance allowance for enlisted personnel.
SECTION 2. Section 121-41, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.
["§121-41 Uniform
maintenance allowance for enlisted personnel. [(a)] Enlisted
personnel of the army or air national guard while participating in annual
training or year-round training, when federal pay is authorized, or when
ordered to state active duty in accordance with section 121-30, shall, except
when actually called or ordered into the service of the United States by or
under the authority of the President, receive a uniform maintenance allowance
of $1.50 per day from the State.
[(b)] Enlisted personnel of the army or air
national guard who receive a uniform maintenance allowance from the state
department of defense, regardless of the source of the funds, may designate a
financial institution account into which the department of accounting and
general services is authorized to deposit the member's uniform maintenance
allowance."]
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2112.
Report Title:
Enlisted Personnel; Uniform Maintenance Allowance
Description:
Repeals the uniform maintenance allowance for enlisted personnel. Effective July 1, 2112. (SD1)
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