STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2786

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2671

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2671, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to clarify the authority of the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to appoint attorneys and paralegals on a part-time or contract basis to represent the board, draft legal documents, and perform other necessary legal services.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Hawaii Labor Relations Board, and University of Hawaii Professional Assembly.

     Your Committee finds that the amendments made by this measure will allow the Board to hire attorneys and paralegals to perform legal services to address an existing backlog of cases and provide other necessary services.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2671, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair