Clarifies that the DHRD's authority for separation incentives is limited to the various departments and agencies of the state executive branch, and that its authority does not extend to departments and agencies in other jurisdictions.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. Part V of Act 253, Session Laws of Hawaii 2000, as amended by Act 131, Session Laws of Hawaii, 2002, is amended by amending section 120 to read as follows:

"SECTION 120. The departments of human resources development and budget and finance shall develop and administer guidelines and timeframes for [participating agencies] the various departments of the state executive branch to implement the voluntary separation and special retirement incentive benefits under this part.

The department of human resources development, the department of labor and industrial relations, the employees' retirement system, and the [public employees health fund] Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund shall work cooperatively to ensure that briefings are provided prior to the implementation of any workforce restructuring plan to educate the employees of the various departments of the state executive branch whose positions are being abolished or who are directly affected by a reduction-in-force or workforce restructuring plan.

The department of human resources development and the department of budget and finance shall report to the legislature on any restructuring or reengineering activities initiated as a consequence of this part within the various departments of the state executive branch no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session beginning with the 2001 regular session.

The report shall include but not be limited to a description of the abolished positions [and], an explanation as to how the new workforce structure will more efficiently serve the needs of the agency's clients, and a listing of the appropriate criteria by which to measure the new workforce structure’s effectiveness."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.