STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1123

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 45

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Public Safety & Military Affairs and Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 45 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide a more effective administrative and operational management of the Sheriff Division by repealing the civil service exemptions for the first and second deputy sheriffs.  This bill is also inline with legislation aimed at reducing the number of civil service exempt employees in public service within the State.

     The Department of Public Safety, the Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety & Military Affairs and Labor & Public Employment that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 45 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety & Military Affairs and Labor & Public Employment,

____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair

____________________________ HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair