THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2011

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR
Senator Clayton Hee, Chair
Senator Maile Shimabukuro, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2011

DATE:

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

TIME:

10:00 AM   9:15 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 016
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB1078
Testimony

Status

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
Specifies that the benefits of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund are subject to negotiation; clarifies that a decision of an arbitration panel shall be final; updates statutory references; makes conforming amendments.

JDL, WAM

SB1090
Testimony

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.
Converts a number of civil service exempt positions to civil service positions.  Clarifies that certain positions shall be filled according to the state civil service law.

JDL, WAM

SB1066
Testimony

Status

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.
Adds fiduciary duties to the public employees health fund board of trustees.  Amends the appointment and quorum requirements of the public employees health fund board of trustees.  Permits the public employees health fund board of trustees to retain an attorney independent of the attorney general's office to represent the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund.  Requires health and other benefit plans to be provided for collective bargaining units, retirees and other eligible beneficiaries.  Transfers the public employees health fund board of trustees to the control of the department of Human Resources.

JDL, WAM

No testimony will be accepted.

FOR AMENDED HEARING NOTICES:  If the notice is an amended notice, measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If there is a measure that is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

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