STAND. COM. REP. NO. 483

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1608

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam President:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 1608 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PERMANENT STAFFING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the respective houses of the legislature to adjust employee benefits and privileges by rule of the respective houses.

     Your Committee received no testimony for this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1608 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair