HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2008

TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016

H.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Chapter 78, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§78-    State employment; temporary hires.  (a)  The State shall not temporarily hire or contract the services of any person for more than two terms of eighty-nine consecutive days or less during that person's lifetime for a position that is wholly funded by general funds.

     (b)  Subsection (a) shall not apply to:

     (1)  Contracts executed pursuant to chapter 103, 103D, 103F, 104, or any other contract for services for which a contracting process is established by law;

     (2)  The respective counties;

     (3)  The legislative branch of state government;

     (4)  Seasonal hires by the department of taxation; or

     (5)  Bona fide employees held over after retirement for training purposes with a training plan that is filed with the department of human resources development."

     SECTION 2.  This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.

     SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2017.



Report Title:

Public Employment; Temporary Hires; Limitation

 

Description:

Prohibits the State from hiring persons for more than two 89-day terms in a fully general-funded position per lifetime of the person.  Provides for limited exceptions.  (HB2008 HD2)

 

 

 

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