STAND. COM. REP. NO.  856-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1588

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1588, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO QUALIFIED COMMUNITY REHABILITATION PROGRAMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that the $850,000 maximum is a per contract, not aggregate, limit in the exemption from civil service laws for personal services contracts for custodial and grounds maintenance programs with qualified community rehabilitation programs.

The Mayor of the County of Maui, Ka Lima O Maui, Maui CPR & First Aid, Takitani Agaran & Jorgensen, LLLP, and numerous individuals supported this measure.  The United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion.

     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. 1588, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1588, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair