STAND. COM. REP. NO. 969
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2007
RE: H.B. No. 1750
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Fourth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2007
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1750, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to increase the number of individuals eligible for state and county employment by removing the requirement that applicants for state and county positions reside in the state at the time of their application for the position.
The Department of Education and American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii testified in support of this bill. The Judiciary supported this measure with amendments. The Department of the Attorney General offered comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2112, to encourage 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 Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1750, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1750, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ TOMMY WATERS, Chair |
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