STAND. COM. REP. NO.  401

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1534

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1534 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTED OFFICERS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to remove the one-year residency requirement for all appointed officers who are department heads and deputies or assistants to a department head.

 

     The Honolulu Police Commission testified in support of this measure.  One individual testified in opposition.

 

     Your Committee finds that removing the one-year residency requirement will enhance a State or county department's ability to recruit qualified individuals for appointment.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1534, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1534, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

 

 

 

 

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair