STAND. COM. REP. NO. 676

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 624

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 624 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide an emergency appropriation to fund collective bargaining cost items in the negotiated agreements for members of Collective Bargaining Units (1) and (10) and their excluded counterparts. This includes the cost of salary adjustments for fiscal biennium 2003-2005.

The Managerial and Confidential Employees Chapter of the Hawaii Government Employees Association and United Public Workers/AFSCME testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee has received a message from the Governor requesting immediate consideration and passage of this bill in accordance with Article VII, section 9, of the State Constitution.

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. 624 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair