STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1608-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 2493

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2493, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to fund:

(1)  All collective bargaining cost items in the agreement negotiated with the exclusive bargaining representative of collective bargaining unit (5); and

(2)  The salary increases and other cost adjustments authorized by Chapter 89C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for state officers and employees who are excluded from collective bargaining.

     The Hawaii State Teachers Association and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Education, Department of Budget and Finance, and Office of Collective Bargaining testified in opposition to this measure.  The Department of the Attorney General submitted comments.

     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 S.B. No. 2493, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair