STAND. COM. REP. 2671

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 1302

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1302, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide an emergency appropriation to fund all collective bargaining cost items in the agreement negotiated with the exclusive bargaining representative of collective bargaining unit 10, institutional, health, and correctional workers for fiscal biennium 2003-2005.

This measure also funds the salary increases and other cost adjustments authorized by chapter 89C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for institutional, health, and correctional workers who are excluded from collective bargaining for fiscal biennium 2003-2005.

Your Committee determines that the emergency appropriation in this measure is necessary to ensure that adequate funds are available to compensate the employees of unit 10 for the entire fiscal biennium of 2003-2005 and will support the Governor's and the Legislature's commitment to address retention and morale issues associated with unit 10 through increased compensation provided for in the arbitrated settlement.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1302, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair