STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1317

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1155
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was
referred S.B. No. 1155, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REALLOCATION OF VACANT
     LIBRARY POSITIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of the bill is to extend the already-existing
authority of the State Librarian to administratively reallocate
vacant positions and to establish temporary positions.

     Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by the
Department of Education and two individuals from the Hawaii State
Public Library System.

     Your Committee has amended the bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to June 29, 2001; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the
          purposes of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Public Employment that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 1155, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that
it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 1155, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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



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                                   TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair