STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3105

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 167

       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 Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 167 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO EXAMINE MANAGEMENT POLICIES REGARDING THE USE OF OVERTIME BY STATE AND COUNTY EMPLOYEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Department of Human Resources Development to convene a task force to examine management policies regarding the use of overtime by state and county employees.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Public Safety, Department of Human Resources Development, Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu Fire Department, Maui County Department of Fire and Safety, and County of Hawaii Fire Department.

     Your Committee finds that the amount that public employees and their employers are required to contribute to the Employees' Retirement System each year is determined in part by base salaries, while the actual pension payments are based on the three years with the highest overall compensation, which includes overtime, differentials, and other supplemental pay.  A small number of excessive overtime cases can drive up the costs of the Employees' Retirement System significantly.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by adding a representative from the Honolulu Police Department and a representative of the Honolulu Fire Department to the task force because of the peculiar twenty-four hour nature of their work and the ongoing personnel shortages they experience.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 167, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 167, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs,

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WILL ESPERO, Chair