STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1559-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2073

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2073, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate unspecified amounts for fiscal biennium 2013-2015, to fund salary increases, collective bargaining cost items, Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund costs, and other cost adjustments for officers and employees of collective bargaining unit (6) and their excluded counterparts.

The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Budget and Finance provided comments.

     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. 2073, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair