Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2500 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to correct statutory reference or language changes made by reforms to the public employee laws pursuant to Act 253, Session Laws of Hawaii 2000.

The Department of Human Resources Development testified in support of this measure.

The Hawaii State Teachers Association provided comments.

Act 253, Session Laws of Hawaii 2000, reformed the State's public employment laws and most of its provisions, take effect on July 1, 2002. These conforming amendments need to be made to various sections of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, that were not expressly amended by Act 253.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making several technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.

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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2500, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2500, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.