STAND. COM. REP. NO. 639

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1042
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B.
No. 1042 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE RECRUITMENT OF EMPLOYEES
     FOR STATE SERVICE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide for additional
flexibility in hiring new government employees by allowing
vacancies to be announced at a range of salary rates, rather than
the first step only, for professional and scientific positions
and positions in the excluded managerial compensation plan.

     Your Committee finds that under current law all new hires
must be appointed at the minimum step of the salary range,
regardless of the quality and quantity of experience of
candidates for government positions.  As a result, it is
difficult to recruit and hire experienced professionals and both
state and county governments find themselves at a competitive
disadvantage.

     Your Committee believes the flexibility provided by this
bill will result in the hiring of more experienced and higher
qualified personnel, which should improve the efficiency of
government operations.


 
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     Your Committee has made a technical, nonsubstantive
amendment for the purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
1042, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1042, S.D. 1.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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