STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3535

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1725

H.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1725, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to streamline the flow of information between employees, exclusive representatives, and employers by requiring public employees subject to collective bargaining to provide written notification to the employee's exclusive representative to discontinue the employee's payroll assignments within a certain time period.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii Government Employees Association, United Public Workers, and Hawaii State Teachers Association.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services.

Your Committee finds that this measure will ensure an efficient and streamlined flow of information between public employees, exclusive representatives, and employers by creating a systematic process and timeline for public employees to discontinue a payroll assignment.

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. 1725, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair