HB2462 HD1 HSCR322-04

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 322-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2462

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2462 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to eliminate temporary civil service membership.

Testimony in support of this bill was received from the Department of Human Resources Development (DHRD), Department of Education, and the Hawaii State Teachers Association. The Hawaii Government Employees Association opposed this bill.

Your Committee finds that temporary employees may mistakenly believe that they may be eligible for civil service, and that it should be made clear to public employees as to whether they are eligible for membership in civil service. This bill clarifies that employees appointed to permanent civil service positions are eligible for civil service membership.

Your Committee also heard concerns regarding the status of the DHRD's review of all exempt employees and the impact this measure would have on their review.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Removing the provisions that would have expanded the scope of the Director of DHRD's authority to grant an exemption from civil service;

(2) Changing the effective date to February 31, 2104, to facilitate further discussion; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, style, and conformity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor and Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2462, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2462,

H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor and Public Employment,

 

		____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair