STAND. COM. REP. NO.  378

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 141

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 141 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO QUALIFIED COMMUNITY REHABILITATION PROGRAMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the civil service exemption for building, custodial, and grounds maintenance services with qualified community rehabilitation programs lasting for no more than a year and at a cost of no more than $850,000 by specifying that the $850,000 maximum applies per contract.

Ka Lima O Maui supported this measure.  The United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO commented on 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. 141 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair