HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	676
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1.  Section 89-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:

"(d)  For the purpose of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement, the public employer of an appropriate bargaining unit shall mean the governor together with the following employers:

(1) For bargaining units (1), (2), (3), (4), [(9),] (10), (13), and (14), the governor shall have six votes and the mayors, the chief justice, and the Hawaii health systems corporation board shall each have one vote if they have employees in the particular bargaining unit;

(2) For bargaining units (11) and (12), the governor shall have four votes and the mayors shall each have one vote;

(3) For bargaining units (5) and (6), the governor shall have [three] four votes, the board of education shall have two votes, [and] the superintendent of education shall have one vote[; and], and the chair of the state public charter school commission shall have one vote;

(4) For bargaining units (7) and (8), the governor shall have three votes, the board of regents of the University of Hawaii shall have two votes, and the president of the University of Hawaii shall have one vote[.]; and

(5) For bargaining unit (9), the governor shall have three votes, the Hawaii health systems corporation board shall have two votes, and the chief justice shall have one vote.

Any decision to be reached by the applicable employer group shall be on the basis of simple majority, except when a bargaining unit includes county employees from more than one county.  In that case, the simple majority shall include at least one county."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2115.

Report Title:

Collective Bargaining; Nurses; Hawaii Charter Schools; Hawaii Health Systems Corporation 

Description:

Allows the chair of the State Public Charter School Commission to vote on agreements for collective bargaining units (5) and (6) and amends the vote allocations for bargaining units (5) and (6) agreements.  Requires agreements for collective bargaining unit (9) to provide 3 votes for the Governor, 2 for HHSC, and 1 for the Chief Justice.  (HB676 HD1)

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