Bill Text: HI HB159 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended

---

Bill Title: University of Hawaii; Veterans; Tuition Waiver

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-05 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on HED with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Carroll, Har, Oshiro, Takumi excused (4). [HB159 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2013-HB159-Amended.html

---

 

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO.  47

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 159

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 159 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TUITION WAIVERS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to support family members of military personnel totally disabled or killed while serving their country.  Specifically, this bill requires the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii to waive the tuition fee and any other fees for a qualified student who is a child or spouse of such personnel.

 

     The State Department of Defense, Oahu Veterans Council, and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The State Office of Veterans Services, University of Hawaii, and The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii testified in support of the intent of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Stipulating that a child or spouse must be a resident of the State to receive the waiver of the tuition and fees; and

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 159, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 159, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Higher Education.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

 

 

		____________________________ K. MARK TAKAI, Chair