STAND. COM. REP. NO.  493

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 810

      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. 810 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to resolve impasses relating to contribution disputes through binding arbitration.

The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO, the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly, and Hawaii Fire Fighters Association supported this measure.  The Department of Budget and Finance opposed this measure.  The Department of Human Resources of the City and County of Honolulu provided comments.

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

     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. 810, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 810, 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