STAND. COM. REP. NO. 361-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: H.B. No. 2012
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2012 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Specify that the benefits of the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund are subject to negotiation; and
(2) Repeal the role of the Legislature in determining a public employer's contribution rate in the case of a bargaining impasse and making the decision of an arbitration panel final and binding.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Restoring the current statutory proviso that arbitration shall not be available to resolve impasses or disputes regarding State and county contributions to the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund;
(2) Restoring current statutory language establishing the Legislature's role in resolving impasses related to employer contribution amounts;
(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2091, to encourage further discussion;
(4) Including a sunset date of June 30, 2017; and
(5) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
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. 2012, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2012, H.D. 1, and be referred to your 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 |
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