STAND. COM. REP. NO.  400

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 110

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 110 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to fund Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund costs and other cost adjustments for officers and employees of specified legislative agencies who are excluded from collective bargaining.   

 

       The Hawaii State Ethics Commission, Office of the Ombudsman, and Legislative Reference Bureau supported this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion. 

 

     Technical non-substantive amendments were also made for consistency, clarity, 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. 110, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 110, 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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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair