STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1612-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.C.R. No. 16
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was
referred S.C.R. No. 16 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE BIENNIAL
     REVIEW OF THE COMPENSATION PLANS AND THE COSTS THEREOF,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to approve the
compensation plans and the costs thereof, submitted by the
personnel directors of the State, the Judiciary, the Hawaii
Health Systems Corporation, and the counties, including the
report published by the Public Employees Compensation Appeals
Board (PECAB).

     The Hawaii Government Employees Association and the
Conference of Personnel Directors testified in support of this
measure.

     Sections 77-4 and 77-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, require all
personnel directors of the State, Judiciary, the Hawaii Health
Systems Corporation, and counties to review and compile
recommendations concerning the compensation plans for civil
service employees for submission to PECAB each odd-numbered year.

     PECAB completed hearings on adjustments to the compensation
plans and submitted its report, "Report of Findings on
Adjustments to the Compensation Plans" dated January 6, 2000, to
the Legislature.  Unless this concurrent resolution is adopted by

 
 
 
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the Legislature, the compensation plans, related costs, and the
PECAB report cannot take effect on July 1, 2000.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Public Employment that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
S.C.R. No. 16 and recommends its adoption.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Labor and Public
                                   Employment,



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                                   TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair