Report Title:

Public Employment; Residency Requirements

Description:

Removes the requirement that applicants for state or county public employment must be a resident of Hawaii at the time of application.  (HB1750 SD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1750
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007		H.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to public employment.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 78-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

     "(c)  All persons seeking employment with the government of the State or in the service of any county shall be citizens, nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the United States, or eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment in the United States, and shall become residents of the State [at the time of] within thirty days after beginning their [application for] employment and as a condition of eligibility for continued employment.

     "Resident" means a person who is physically present in the State at the time the person claims to have established the person's domicile in the State and shows the person's intent is to make Hawaii the person's [permanent] primary residence.  [In determining this intent, the following factors shall be considered:

(1)  Maintenance of a domicile or permanent place of residence in the State;

(2)  Absence of residency in another state; and

(3)  Former residency in the State.

This subsection's requirement for state residency shall not apply to applicants for police officer positions; provided that upon employment, the police officer shall establish residency as a condition of continued employment as a police officer.]"

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2007.