SB2777 Summary

• Allows the Department of Defense to retain revenues from facility rentals to cover operating costs including utilities, supplies, personnel, and wear-and-tear, with net proceeds deposited into the general fund.

• Expands authorized uses of Department of Defense facilities to include national guard units, government agencies, charitable organizations, public schools, athletic events, film production, and billeting for sanctioned events, provided military operations are not interfered with.

• Appropriates unspecified general revenue funds for fiscal year 2018-2019 to establish one full-time cybersecurity intelligence analyst position within the National Guard, exempt from civil service requirements.

• Changes language in Hawaii Revised Statutes § 121-19 from "armories, rifle ranges, reservations and installations" to "department of defense facilities" and specifies "net proceeds" rather than all moneys from rentals to be deposited in the general fund.