STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1142

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1565

       H.D. 1

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 H.B. No. 1565, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to fund the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund costs:

(1)  In the agreement negotiated with the exclusive bargaining representative of collective bargaining unit (1); and

(2)  Authorized by Chapter 89C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for state officers and employees in the executive branch who are excluded from collective bargaining.

    The Office of Collective Bargaining supported the intent of the measure.

     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 this collective bargaining cost item should continue to advance in the Legislature as negotiations between the State and the exclusive bargaining representative for unit (1) will eventually produce a settlement.

     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 H.B. No. 1565, H.D. 1, 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