STAND. COM. REP. NO. 216-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2077

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2077 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to convert the positions of the Administrator of the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center and Chief Special Investigator of the Department of the Attorney General from civil service status to exempt status.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of the Attorney General. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from two individuals.

Your Committee finds that the Administrator of the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center and Chief Special Investigator are the only supervisory positions for the legal services and public services divisions within the Department of the Attorney General that are not exempt from the civil service system. Exempting these positions from the civil service system will allow the Attorney General to appoint candidates for these positions and ensure that all supervisory positions are supervised by the Attorney General in a consistent and equal manner.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to January 1, 2222, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2077, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2077, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair