CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 28

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2009

RE:    H.B. No. 541

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 541, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE PERSONNEL,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure that the civil service benefits of Department of Education (DOE) civil service employees are the same as those provided to civil service employees of other executive branch agencies by:

     (1)  Extending from June 30, 2009, to June 30, 2010, the repeal date of the provision giving DOE civil service employees these same civil service benefits; and

     (2)  Requiring DOE to submit a report to the Legislature on its progress on establishing an autonomous civil service system, if DOE has not established a separate civil service system by June 30, 2010.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Extending to June 30, 2011, the repeal date of the provision giving DOE civil service employees the same civil service benefits as those provided to civil service employees of other executive branch agencies;

     (2)  Specifying that the report due, if DOE has not established a separate civil service system by June 30, 2010, must be submitted to the Legislature no later than 20 days prior to the convening of the 2011 regular session;

     (3)  Clarifying that the report is on DOE's progress on establishing a separate human resources system; and

     (4)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2009.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 541, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 541, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair	____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Co-Chair
____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Co-Chair	____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Co-Chair
____________________________ SHAN S. TSUTSUI, Co-Chair	____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Co-Chair