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. 382, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to require annual incremental or longevity salary increases for employees of Bargaining Unit 5 who have performed satisfactorily.

The Hawaii State Teachers Association strongly supported this measure.

The Department of Budget and Finance opposed this measure.

The Department of Education (DOE) submitted comments, but stated that DOE must withhold testimony on this bill due to ongoing collective bargaining negotiations.

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. 382, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.