STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1060

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 896

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 896, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the Department of Defense (DOD) to comply with federal wage constraints by exempting positions in the Hawaii National Guard's adult education programs from civil service requirements.

     DOD supported this bill.

     Your Committee respectfully requests the Committee on Labor and Public Employment to examine the civil service issues involved with this measure, as this subject matter falls under the purview of that committee.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 896, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 896, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Labor & Public Employment.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs,

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair