STAND. COM. REP. NO. 689

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1090

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1090, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend sections of the Hawaii Revised Statutes to conform with Act 253, Session Laws of Hawaii 2000, by:

 

     (1)  Converting a number of positions that are exempt from civil service to civil service positions; and

 

     (2)  Clarifying that, after July 1, 2014, certain positions shall be filled according to the state civil service law.

 

     Your Committee received comments in support of this measure from Rodney A. Maile, Administrative Director of the Courts, The Judiciary, State of Hawaii; and Randy Perreira, Executive Director, Hawaii Government Employees Association.  Your Committee received comments in opposition to this measure from Stephen Levins, Executive Director, Office of Consumer Protection, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Alan Taniguchi, Executive Officer for the Real Estate Appraisal Program, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; and Kealii Lopez, Director, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from Dwight Takamine, Director, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; and Mila Kaahanui, Executive Director, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

 

     Your Committee finds that Act 253, Session Laws of Hawaii 2000, was enacted to reduce the number of civil service exempt employees in public service within the State.  Your Committee also finds that, since the enactment of Act 253, relatively few civil service exempt positions have been converted to civil service positions.  Your Committee believes that this measure will serve as a means to promote stability among staff as well as to support and preserve the integrity of the civil service system in Hawaii.

 

     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. 1090, 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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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair