STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1546

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1750

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 1750, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to repeal the requirement that an applicant for state and county employment be a resident of Hawaii at the time of the application.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education, the Department of Human Resources of the City and County of Honolulu, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii.  The Judiciary supported the bill with reservations.

 

     Your Committee believes this measure will conform statutory provisions to a United States District Court for the District of Hawaii ruling that found the pre-employment residency requirement unconstitutional.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Changing the phrase "shall establish residency in the State within thirty days after their employment" to "shall become residents of the State within thirty days after beginning their employment" as a nonsubstantive amendment for clarity and style; and

 

(2)  Changing the effective date from July 1, 2112 to July 1, 2007.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1750, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1750, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

 

 

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair