Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1548 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide county representation on the Board of Trustees of the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund (EUTF Board) by requiring that one member of the Board be appointed by a county mayor on a rotational basis. In addition, this bill, among other things:

(1) Increases membership of the EUTF Board from 10 to 12;

(2) Requires 11 members to be appointed by the Governor;

The City and County of Honolulu Department of Human Resources and Hawaii State Teachers Association supported this bill. The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO, opposed this measure. The Department of Budget and Finance offered comments.

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 H.B. No. 1548, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1548, H.D. 1.