Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 256 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to fund, for fiscal biennium 2005-2007, all collective bargaining cost items in the agreement negotiated with the exclusive bargaining representative of collective bargaining unit (7), faculty of the University of Hawaii and the community college system.

Additionally, this measure also funds, for fiscal biennium 2005-2007, the salary increases and other cost adjustments authorized under chapter 89C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for employees who are excluded from collective bargaining.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Office of Collective Bargaining and Managed Competition.

Although no sums have been appropriated or authorized from the sources of funding indicated in the measure, this vehicle is necessary for funding these collective bargaining cost items, salary increases, and other cost adjustments.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 256, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.