STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1127

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 203

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 203, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the State Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to employ professional and technical staff who may be permanently exempt from civil service laws.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO.

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. 203, 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