STAND. COM. REP. NO. 223-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2982
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to
which was referred H.B. No. 2982 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill, as received by your Committee, is
to exclude overtime, supplementary pay, and differentials from
correction officer's computation for the contribution to the
annuity savings fund.  The bill, as received, also gives mayors
the authority to decide what amounts of wages, overtime,
supplementary pay, and differentials employees under section 88-
45 are included in the computations to determine police officer
contributions to the annuity savings fund.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting the
language referring to police officers.  Your Committee has also
inserted new language directing the Department of Public Safety
to submit an annual report to the legislature to describe:

     (a)  the amount of overtime wages paid to correctional
          facility staff categorized by facility and by job
          description;

     (b)  the status or outcome of any leave abuse follow-up
          investigation(s) in progress or completed;

     (c)  any changes in department policy regarding leave use
          and abuse; and

 
 
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     (d)  a description of any changes or trends in the abuse of
          leave by correctional facility staff since the last
          report.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached
to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 2982, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
2982, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committees on Labor and
Public Employment and Finance.

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



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                                   NESTOR R. GARCIA, Chair