STAND. COM. REP. NO. 38

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1284
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor and Environment, to which was
referred S.B. No. 1284 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE
     BARGAINING COST ITEMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for cost
items in collective bargaining agreements for bargaining units 1
through 11 and 13 for fiscal years 1995 to 1998.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Office of Collective Bargaining, the Hawaii State AFL-CIO, the
Hawaii Government Employees Association, the Hawaii State
Teachers Association, United Public Workers, and an individual.
Testimony in support of this measure with amendments was received
from the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

     Your Committee finds that the 1998 Legislature did not make
appropriations to fund retroactive and continuing cost items in
collective bargaining agreements for bargaining units 1 through
11 and 13 for fiscal years 1995 to 1998.  This measure takes
effect upon approval, similar to an emergency appropriation,
making the funds available for the cost items in fiscal year
1999.  

     Your Committee has amended this bill to include
appropriations for the employees of the Hawaii Health Systems

 
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Corporation which were not included in the general fund request.
Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made. 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Environment that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 1284, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1284,
S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Labor and
                                   Environment,



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                                   BOB NAKATA, Chair

 
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