Report Title:

Civil Service Status; Certain Employees of DLNR

Description:

Grants civil service status to certain exempt employees in the department of land and natural resources.

 

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

94

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to civil service.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to grant civil service status to certain employees within the department of land and natural resources.

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all exempt positions within the department of land and natural resources, except for the chairperson and deputy to the chairperson, shall be converted to civil service status and subject to chapters 76 and 89, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

SECTION 3. An officer or employee of the State whose position is converted to a civil service position as a consequence of this Act shall become a civil service employee without the loss of salary, seniority, prior service credit, vacation, sick leave, or other employee benefits or privileges and without the necessity of examination; provided that the officer or employee possesses the minimum qualifications for the position to which transferred or appointed.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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