Report Title:

Civil Service Law; Transfer and Promotional Opportunities

Description:

Allows civil service employees employed by DOE, including those who transferred from executive branch agencies to the department of education under Act 51, SLH 2004, to retain the right to apply for intra- and inter-departmental transfer and promotional opportunities within the executive branch. (SD1)

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1193

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to civil service law.

 

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

SECTION 1. Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, required a major reorganization of the state government to reduce bureaucracy and improve the responsiveness and service delivery of the department of education. The 2004 legislature recognized that a reorganization of this magnitude required prudent precaution at each step, including the possible repeal or modification by subsequent legislation of powers, functions, duties, and resources transferred from various state agencies to the department of education.

The act of transferring civil service employees between executive branch agencies and the department of education may adversely affect the rights and benefits of the transferred employees. For example, if civil service employees transferred to the department of education become subject to a separate personnel system under the control of the board of education, these employees would have restricted opportunities for transfers and promotions. Additionally, department of education civil service employees who were not transferred pursuant to Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, should also be ensured the same opportunities for transfers and promotions within the executive branch

The purpose of this Act is to permit all department of education civil service employees, including those civil service employees who were transferred from executive branch agencies to the department of education under Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, to retain the right to apply for intra- and inter-departmental transfer and promotional opportunities within the executive branch.

SECTION 2. Chapter 76, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§76-   Internal transfer and promotional opportunities. All department of education civil service employees, including those civil service employees transferred under Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, shall be eligible to apply for intra- and inter-departmental transfer and promotional opportunities within the executive branch."

SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2005.