STAND. COM. REP. NO. 402
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2011
RE: H.B. No. 1034
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2011
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1034 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to appropriate and authorize emergency funds for health premium payments to fund Fiscal Biennium 2009-2011 Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund costs contained in the agreement negotiated with the exclusive bargaining representative of Collective Bargaining Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 13, and their excluded counterparts.
Your Committee notes that Governor's Message No. 98 requests immediate passage of this measure in accordance with Article VII, Section 9, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.
Your Committee further notes that funding the emergency appropriations contained in this bill is necessary to cover the cost of implementing the collective bargaining agreement that was negotiated between the State and the respective bargaining units representing state officers and employees for Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust premium contributions for 2010-2011.
The Hawaii Government Employees Association and the Hawaii State Teachers Association testified in strong support of the bill. The Department of Budget and Finance submitted testimony in support of the measure.
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. 1034, 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 |
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