Bill Text: HI HB467 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: National Guard; Tuition Assistance; Appropriation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB467 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-HB467-Introduced.html
Report Title:
National Guard; Tuition Assistance; Appropriation
Description:
Broadens the scope of the law that provides tuition assistance to Hawaii national guard members attending the University of Hawaii to include commissioned and general officers, and persons pursuing graduate degrees.
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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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] commissioned and
general 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."
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009-2010 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2010-2011 to provide tuition assistance to 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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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 on July 1, 2009.
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