STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1554

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 1888

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

 

 

 

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 S.B. No. 1888, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII LABOR RELATIONS BOARD,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide for continuity on the Hawaii Labor Relations Board by increasing the terms of each of its members from six to ten years.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 142, AFL-CIO, testified in support of this bill. The Department of the Attorney General opposed this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to promote further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

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 S.B. No. 1888, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1888, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair