Prohibits a governmental employee organization from using for partisan political activity any informational and educational meetings conducted during working hours unless the organization reimburses the State for any state time that employees are present during any partisan political activity.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. Section 76-102, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§76-102 Meetings. Each department shall permit its employees to attend informational and educational meetings conducted during working hours by duly recognized governmental employee organizations[, provided that these]. These meetings shall permit the attendance of members and nonmembers and shall be scheduled for periods of not more than two hours once every three months at times which do not interfere with the normal operations of the respective departments. A governmental employee organization shall not use for partisan political activity any meeting allowed by this section unless the governmental employee organization reimburses the State for the total cost of state salaries and fringe benefits of employees for any state time that employees are present during any partisan political activity."

SECTION 2. This Act does not affect any collective bargaining agreements that are in effect before its effective date.

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.