Report Title:

Hawaii Labor Relations Board

Description:

Increases the members of the Hawaii Labor Relations Board from six to ten; increases their terms from six to ten years; and sets the salary of the chairperson to no less than ninety-five per cent of the salary of the Deputy Director of Labor and Industrial Relations and the salaries of the members to ninety-five per cent of the chairperson's salary.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1842

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING to hawaii labor relations board.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 89-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (b), (c), and (d) to read as follows:

"(b) The board shall be composed of three members of which:

(1) [one] One member shall be representative of management[,];

(2) [one] One member shall be representative of labor[,]; and

(3) [the third] One member, the chairperson, shall be representative of the public.

All members shall be appointed by the governor for terms of [six] ten years each. Public employers and employee organizations representing public employees may submit to the governor for consideration names of persons to serve as members of the board and the governor shall first consider these persons in selecting the members of the board.

(c) Each member shall hold office until the member's successor is appointed and qualified. Because cumulative experience and continuity in office are essential to the proper administration of this chapter, it is declared to be in the public interest to continue board members in office as long as efficiency is demonstrated, notwithstanding the provision of section 26-34, which limits the appointment of a member of a board or commission to two terms. Persons who are members of the board on July 1, 2005, shall have their existing terms extended from six to ten years and shall continue to serve until their successors have been duly appointed and confirmed.

(d) The members shall devote full time to their duties as members of the board. Effective January 1, 1989, and January 1, 1990, the salary of the chairperson of the board shall be set by the governor within the range from $69,748 to $74,608 and $72,886 to $77,966 a year, respectively, and the salary of each of the other members shall be ninety-five per cent of the chairperson's salary. Effective July 1, 2005, the salary of the chairperson shall be no less than the annual salary of the deputy director of labor and industrial relations and the salary of other board members shall be equal to ninety-five per cent of the chairperson's salary. No member shall hold any other public office or be in the employment of the State or a county, or any department or agency thereof, or any employee organization during the member's term."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2005.

 

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