STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3192

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1764

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Judiciary and Labor and Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1764, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE RESIDENCY OF APPOINTIVE OFFICERS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to allow an appointing authority to waive the one-year residency requirement of certain appointive officers possessing highly specialized or scientific knowledge and training if no other qualified applicant who does meet the residency requirement is available.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Resources of the City and County of Honolulu.

     Your Committees find that existing law requires that all appointive officers of the State or a county who are employed as department heads and deputies or assistants to department heads be United States citizens and state residents for at least one year.  However, the one-year state residency requirement in particular may create difficulties when recruiting to fill positions that require a certain level of highly specialized or scientific knowledge or training.  This measure provides an exception to the law under certain circumstances so that positions may be filled with officers possessing the necessary specialized expertise and skills.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by changing the effective date from January 7, 2059, to upon approval.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Judiciary and Labor and Ways and Means that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1764, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1764, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Judiciary and Labor and Ways and Means,

____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Chair

____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair