Requires public employees with satisfactory performance in public service to be considered first in filling vacancies.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. Section 76-22.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§76-22.5 Recruitment. (a) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with sections 76-1 and 78-1 to determine, establish, and maintain the manner in which civil service positions are to be filled[.]; provided that first consideration in filling civil service positions shall be given to public employees with satisfactory performance in public service.

(b) The director shall seek continuous improvements to streamline the recruitment process so that positions are filled in the most economic, efficient, and expeditious manner possible. This includes maximizing use of new technologies and developing more efficient alternatives to ensure the availability of qualified applicant pools whether it involves a change in the manner in which initial appointments are to be made, increased delegation to departments, or decentralization to appointing authorities, as necessary and appropriate."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.