STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2587

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2964
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B.
No. 2964 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the University of
Hawaii to develop a classification and compensation system that
will enable it to attract and retain competent, efficient, and
effective employees, including faculty members, research workers,
extension agents, and instructional personnel.

     Specifically, this bill:

     (1)  Repeals the requirement that the University of Hawaii
          adopt a classification schedule that conforms to the
          schedules set forth in the compensation law (chapter
          77, Hawaii Revised Statutes);

     (2)  Repeals the requirement that adjustments of
          compensation to conform with the University of Hawaii's
          classification schedule be made in accordance with the
          compensation law;

     (3)  Repeals the requirement that annual increases of
          compensation to the University of Hawaii's employees
          for efficient service be made in accordance with the
          compensation law; and

 
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     (4)  Requires the University of Hawaii to classify all
          exempt positions of the University, including:

          (A)  Positions occupied by administrative,
               professional, and technical personnel;

          (B)  Positions occupied by household employees at the
               official residence of the President of the
               University of Hawaii;

          (C)  Positions of the federally funded expanded food
               and nutrition program that require the hiring of
               assistants who live in the areas they serve; and

          (D)  Positions determined by the Director of Human
               Resources Development to be exempt from the civil
               service law.

     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.
2964 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

                                 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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