STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1028

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 541

       H.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Labor and Education and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 541, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to ensure that civil service benefits for Department of Education civil service employees are the same as those provided to civil service employees of other executive branch agencies.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by one state agency and one organization.  Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by one state agency.  Written testimony presented to the Committees may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committees find that this measure provides Department of Education civil service employees and other state executive branch civil service employees the opportunity to transfer across jurisdictions while retaining certain benefits and rights.

     Your Committees recognize that this measure raises several concerns.  Accordingly, your Committees have retained the July 1, 2020 effective date and will continue discussions to adequately address those concerns before examination of the fiscal implications of the measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Labor and Education and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 541, H.D. 1, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Labor and Education and Housing,

____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair

____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair