THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2014

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR

Senator Clayton Hee, Chair

Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Vice Chair

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

TIME:

10:30 am

PLACE:

Conference Room 016

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

 

 

 

SB 2259

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Prohibits parties in arbitration from including in their final positions any proposals that were not previously submitted in writing before impasse and about which an impasse in collective bargaining has not been reached.  Authorizes the arbitration panel to decide whether final positions comply with all requirements and which proposals may be considered for inclusion in the final agreement.

 

JDL, WAM

SB 2939

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.

Repeals the condition that employers have a collective bargaining agreement with their employees in order for section 378-32(b), HRS, to apply.

 

JDL, WAM

SB 1038

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Amends chapter 88, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to preserve the tax-qualified status of the Employees' Retirement System and to clarify the application of chapter 88 to civil unions.

 

JDL, WAM

SB 1038

      Proposed SD1

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

(Proposed SD 1) Requires the employees' retirement system to forfeit the employers' contribution and interest portion of retirement benefits upon a member's final conviction of or pleading guilty or nolo contendere to a felony. Establishes that the forfeiture of retirement benefits does not include a member's contributions to the system or vested retirement benefits. Applies forfeiture of benefits to members who leave active employment if the conviction or plea includes bribery, corruption, forgery, perjury, or any other crime related to the duties of the member's employment. Establishes procedure for the forfeiture of retirement benefits.

 

Copies of the proposed SD 1 are available from the Senate Document Center and on the Legislature's website:  www.capitol.hawaii.gov.

 

 

JDL, WAM

SB 2081

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.

Requires the salary of the administrative director of the courts to be equal to the salary of the administrative director of the State and the salary of the deputy administrative director of the courts to be equal to ninety-five per cent of the salary of the administrative director of the courts.

 

JDL, WAM

[Measure added on 02/07/14]

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator Clayton Hee

Chair