Report Title:
State/County Employees; Residency Requirement
Description:
Repeals requirement that state and county employees must be state residents at time of application for employment; provides that state or county employees must be state residents at time of commencement of employment.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
935 |
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TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to residency requirement of government employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 78-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) All employees in the service of the government of the State or in the service of any county or municipal subdivision of the State shall be citizens, nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the United States and residents of the State at the [time of their application for] commencement of their employment.
"Resident" means a person who is physically present in the State at the time the person claims to have established the person's domicile in the State and shows the person's intent is to make Hawaii the person's permanent residence. In determining this intent, the following factors shall be considered:
(1) Maintenance of a domicile or permanent place of residence in the State;
(2) Absence of residency in another state."
SECTION 2. Act 253, Session Laws of Hawaii 2000, section 75 is amended by amending subsection (c) of section 78-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to read as follows:
"(c) All [employees in the service of] persons seeking employment with the government of the State or in the service of any county [or municipal subdivision of the State] shall be citizens, nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the United States, or eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment in the United States, and residents of the State at the [time of their application for] commencement of their employment[.] and as a condition of eligibility for continued employment.
"Resident" means a person who is physically present in the State at the time the person claims to have established the person's domicile in the State and shows the person's intent is to make Hawaii the person's permanent residence. In determining this intent, the following factors shall be considered:
(1) Maintenance of a domicile or permanent place of residence in the State;
(2) Absence of residency in another state[.]; and
(3) Former residency in the State."
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.
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