STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1585

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1171

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1171, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GOVERNMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to exempt positions or contracts for personal services with private persons or entities lasting up to one year from civil service laws.

     Your Committee received comments in support of the measure from the Mayor of the County of Hawaii, the Finance Department of the County of Hawaii, the Director of Human Resources for the County of Hawaii, the Police Department of the County of Hawaii, the Office of the Mayor of the County of Maui, the Maui County Council, the Department of Finance of the County of Maui, the Office of the Kauai County Attorney, the Hawaii Government Employees Association AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO, the United Public Workers AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO, the Arc of Kona, and the Arc of Hilo.  Your Committee received comments from the Judiciary, the Department of Human Resources Development, the Department of Human Resources of the City and County of Honolulu, and the Department of Personnel Services of the County of Maui.

     Your Committee finds that personal services positions and contracts enable the counties to fulfill necessary duties and services to the public.  This measure makes permanent the exemption of certain personal services positions and contracts with private persons or entities from civil service laws and thus enables counties to meet the needs of the public in a timely and efficient manner.

     Your Committee amended the measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1171, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1171, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

____________________________

ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair