STAND. COM. REP. NO.  366

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 681

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 681 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE MILITARY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to allow active members of the United States National Guard and Army Reserve who desire to run for office to file nomination papers and take their oaths by mail.

 

     The State Department of Defense and The Oahu Veterans Council testified in support of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 681 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair