STAND. COM. REP. NO. 989
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2007
RE: H.B. No. 1818
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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1818, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to permit the state and county government to rehire retired employees as permanent employees in critical-to-fill or labor-shortage positions, including exempt positions or positions exempt from the civil service laws, without affecting the retirement benefits of the rehired retirees.
The Judiciary, Mayor of the County of Hawaii, two Members of the Maui County Council, Maui Police Department, Department of Water of the County of Kauai, Honolulu Police Department, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers, and Hawaii State Teachers Association testified in support of this bill. The City and County of Honolulu Department of Human Resources supported this measure with amendments. The Department of Education, County of Maui Department of Personnel Services, and County of Hawaii Department of Human Resources supported the intent of this bill. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Department of Human Resources Development opposed this measure. The Employees' Retirement System offered comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by 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 H.B. No. 1818, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1818, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair |
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