STAND. COM. REP. NO.  780

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1567

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. 1567 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES EXCLUDED FROM COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to fund salary increases and other cost adjustments authorized by Chapter 89C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for state officers and employees of agencies excluded from collective bargaining including the State Ethics Commission, Office of the Auditor, Office of the Legislative Reference Bureau, and Office of the Ombudsman.

     The Office of the Ombudsman, Office of the Auditor, Legislative Reference Bureau, Hawaii State Ethics Commission, and Hawaii Government Employees Association Managerial and Confidential Employees Chapter testified in support of this bill.

     Although no sums have been appropriated or authorized from the sources of funding indicated in this measure, your Committee believes that a vehicle for funding these cost items, including salary increases and other cost adjustments, should continue to advance in the Legislature.

     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. 1567 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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