STAND. COM. REP. NO. 220

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 896

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 896 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify that positions in the Hawaii National Guard youth and adult education programs are not subject to civil service requirements.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by two state agencies.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that providing an exemption from civil service for positions in the Hawaii National Guard youth and adult education programs will assist the Department of Defense in recruiting, attracting, and retaining highly qualified instructors and managers since the positions will fall outside the civil service salary constraints.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purpose of clarity.

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

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs,

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WILL ESPERO, Chair