STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1136

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   S.B. No. 981

      S.D. 1

      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 S.B. No. 981, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII LABOR RELATIONS BOARD,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to update procedures related to hearings of the Hawaii Labor Relations Board by authorizing the delivery of notice of hearing by electronic service and specifying that the party seeking review bears the responsibility for the cost of preparing the transcript on appeal for the purpose of judicial review.

The Hawaii Labor Relations Board testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate 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 S.B. No. 981, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 981, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair