STAND. COM. REP. NO. 788-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1643

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1643, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INDEBTEDNESS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Shorten the time within which a disbursing officer must notify an employee of indebtedness to the government resulting from salary or wage overpayment;

(2) Amend the criteria for an actionable cause of action; and

(3) Amend the amount a disbursing officer must deduct to begin immediate recovery of indebtedness.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; and United Public Workers, AFSCME Local 646, AFL-CIO. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Education.

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. 1643, 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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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair