STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3066

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 3079

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3079, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for the public employment cost items of and cost adjustments for employees of the legislative service agencies, the Senate, and the House of Representatives.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Office of the Auditor, Office of the Ombudsman, Hawaii State Ethics Commission, and Legislative Reference Bureau.

 

     Your Committee finds that the staff and members of the Legislature and the legislative service agencies are excluded from collective bargaining.  Your Committee further finds that allowing this measure to advance through the legislative process will provide a vehicle to appropriate necessary funds for cost items and cost adjustments that the Legislature may determine are warranted.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

 

     (2)  Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of consistency and style.

 

     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 S.B. No. 3079, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3079, S.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair