STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1058-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 1725

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1725, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish a timeline for public employees in collective bargaining units to provide written notification to their respective exclusive representative to discontinue payroll assignments for union benefits; and

(2) Require the exclusive representative to provide a copy of the written notification to the employer within ten business days of receipt from the employee.

The Hawaii State Teachers Association and Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO supported this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to upon approval; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1725, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1725, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair