STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1328

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 110

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 110, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for public employment costs and other cost adjustments for employees of the House of Representatives, Senate, and legislative service agencies.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Ethics Commission and the Office of the Ombudsman.  The Legislative Reference Bureau submitted written comments on the measure.

Your Committee finds that this measure should be allowed to continue through the legislative process so that it may provide a legislative vehicle to appropriate sufficient funds should the Legislature determine prior to the end of the 2017 Regular Session that public employment cost items and cost adjustments are warranted.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 110, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 110, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair