STAND. COM. REP. 380

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 969

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 969, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to exclude public employees covered by collective bargaining agreements pursuant to chapter 89, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), from the provisions of the Uniform Arbitration Act, chapter 658A, HRS, except for sections relating to witnesses and enforcement and appeal of arbitration awards.

The Office of Collective Bargaining, the State Department of Human Resources Development, the Department of the Attorney General, the City and County of Honolulu Department of Human Resources, the Hawaii State Teachers Association, and the Hawaii Fire Fighters Association testified in support of the bill.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 969, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair