STAND. COM. REP. NO.  

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 Finance, 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 clarify that the $850,000 maximum limit for the civil service exemption for contracts for building, custodial, and grounds maintenance services with qualified community rehabilitation programs applies to the maximum amount per contract.  

Ka Lima O Maui and numerous individuals supported this measure.  The United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO opposed this measure.

     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 H.B. No. 141 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