STAND. COM. REP. NO.1417
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 1115
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1115, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN RESOURCES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to make housekeeping amendments to Act 253, Session Laws of Hawaii 2000, which effects civil service reform.
Among other things, this bill:
(1) Creates the Human Resources Development Special Fund (Special Fund);
(2) Appropriates moneys for the Special Fund; and
(3) Repeals the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation civil service provisions.
The Department of Human Resources Development supported the intent of this bill and recommended an amendment to authorize furloughs of public employees.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Including voluntary furlough as an alternative to public employee layoffs and termination, in the event of lack of work, lack of funds, or other legitimate reason;
(2) Protecting employee benefits in the event of voluntary furlough; and
(3) Correcting numerous technical drafting errors to conform to standard drafting conventions.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1115, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1115, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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