STAND. COM. REP. NO.817

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 171

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 171, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to repeal existing mandatory arbitration provisions and restore the right of public employees to strike.

The Hawaii Government Employees Association and the United Public Workers opposed this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, for the purpose of further discussion; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 171, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 171, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair