STAND. COM. REP. NO.  111-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2496

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2496 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAII LABOR RELATIONS BOARD,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Governor to select the member representing labor on the Hawaii Labor Relations Board from a list of three nominees submitted by labor organizations.

The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly; Hawaii State Teachers Association; Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME, Local 152, AFL-CIO; and Hawaii Fire Fighters Association, Local 1463, IAFF, AFL-CIO provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of the Attorney General, The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, and an individual provided testimony in opposition to this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2496 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair