STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3709

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2489

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2489, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TAX ADMINISTRATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to exempt the senior software developers in the Department of Taxation from civil service.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Taxation.

Your Committee recognizes that the Department of Taxation has faced difficulty in recruiting and retaining experienced software developers, as persons with the experience and skillset needed to perform this type of work require commensurate salaries that exceed what is currently provided by civil service. Accordingly, your Committee finds that exempting the Department's senior software developers from civil service law will facilitate the Department's attempts to attract and retain qualified employees.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date from July 1, 2050, to upon approval; and

(2) Making a technical nonsubstantive change for purposes of clarity, 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 H.B. No. 2489, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2489, H.D. 1, 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