STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1067

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: S.B. No. 82

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Government Reform, to which was referred S.B. No. 82, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GOVERNMENT OPERATION AND POLICY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require each new member of a board or commission to participate in an orientation and training session with the head of the department with jurisdiction of that member's board or commission or a designee of the head of the department; and

(2) Require each department and agency to update their members on information to supplement their initial training at least once per calendar year.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Department of Human Services, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Accounting and General Services, Department of Agriculture, Executive Office on Early Learning, and Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund Board of Trustees.

Your Committee finds that newly appointed members to a board or commission have the qualifications needed to be appointed but may need additional formal education to understand their new responsibilities. Your Committee believes that the additional training proposed by this measure would aid new members of a board or commission in executing their duties.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion.

Should your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Finance hear this measure, your Committee respectfully requests that they consider the concerns raised by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs in its testimony requesting training that is appropriate for any board or commission member, rather than specifically relevant to the work of the board or commission on which the member sits, adequate funding, an additional position, and additional time for the Department to implement the trainings.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Government Reform that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 82, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 82, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Government Reform,

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair