Waives the residency requirements for department of education applicants identified by the superintendent of education.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to streamline the recruitment process for employees that must be recruited by the department of education for shortage area positions and for positions located in geographically hard-to-fill locations throughout the State.

SECTION 2. Section 78-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c) All persons seeking employment with the government of the State or in the service of any county 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 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:

This subsection's requirement for state residency shall not apply to applicants for police officer positions[;] and positions identified in the department of education by the superintendent of education; provided that upon employment, the police officer shall establish residency as a condition of continued employment as a police officer."

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2006.