STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1493

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 883

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 883, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a new collective bargaining unit for state law enforcement officers and state and county ocean safety and water safety officers.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources; Honolulu Emergency Services Department of the City and County of Honolulu; Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services Division of the City and County of Honolulu; Sheriff Division; Hawaiian Lifeguard Association; North Shore Lifeguard Association; Outrigger Hotels Hawaii; Kauai Lifeguard Association; and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Public Safety; Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; and State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Clarifying in the purpose section that the new collective bargaining unit applies to state law enforcement officers and state and county ocean safety and water safety officers, as opposed to all first responder employees within the State and county; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 883, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 883, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair