STAND. COM. REP. NO.  43-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 1903

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1903 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR STATE EMPLOYEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to mitigate some of the hardships faced by those who retired or lost their jobs in the recent state reduction in force (RIF) by appropriating general fund revenues to pay for:

     (1)  Unemployment benefits to persons laid off because of RIF;

     (2)  Accumulated vacation leave for persons who retired or were laid off because of RIF; and

     (3)  Health benefits for persons who retired from state employment and their dependent beneficiaries.

     The Hawaii Government Employees Association testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Human Resources Development offered comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1903 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair