STAND. COM. REP. NO.  963

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1171

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1171 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GOVERNMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to make permanent the authorization of state and county departments and agencies to provide government service through contracts with private entities.

     The Mayor of the County of Maui, Director of Finance of the County of Maui, Director of Personnel Services of the County of Maui, Director of Human Resources of the County of Hawaii, Director of Finance of the County of Hawaii, Director of Environmental Management of the County of Hawaii, Director of Human Resources of the City and County of Honolulu, Ka Lima O Maui, Imua Family Services, Representative of the 11^th Representative District, and a concerned individual supported this bill.  The Hawaii Government Employees Association and United Public Workers AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by replacing its contents with provisions that exempt the counties of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai from civil service laws relating to positions or contracts with private persons or entities for personal services lasting no more than one year and at an unspecified cost.

     Your Committee has further amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2007; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes 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 H.B. No. 1171, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1171, 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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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair