STAND. COM. REP. NO. 996

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 1008

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1008, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND MANAGED COMPETITION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Transfer the Office of Collective Bargaining and related organizational functions and funding, including the Chief Negotiator position, from the Office of the Governor to the Department of Human Resources Development; and

(2) Eliminate references to managed competition, thereby renaming the Office of Collective Bargaining and Managed Competition to the Office of Collective Bargaining.

The Department of Human Resources Development and a concerned individual supported this measure.

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. 1008, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair