STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1954

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: S.B. No. 1194

S.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 1194, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for fiscal biennium 2019-2021 for collective bargaining cost items, salary adjustments, and other cost items for public employees in collective bargaining unit (4) and their excluded counterparts.

The Department of Budget and Finance, University of Hawai‘i System, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, and Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO 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 S.B. No. 1194, S.D. 2, 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