STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1164

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1082

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1082, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BOARDS OF WATER SUPPLY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to repeal on July 1, 2008, the authority given to certain county boards of water supply to establish experimental human resources modernization projects (EMP), to allow for further review of EMPs.

 

Several concerned individuals supported the intent of this measure.  The Honolulu Board of Water Supply, Hawaii Government Employees Association, and United Public Workers opposed this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Deleting the repeal date of July 1, 2008;

 

     (2)  Requiring any director of a board of water supply that conducts an EMP to consult with the employees who would be involved in conducting the project prior to the implementation of the EMP;

 

     (3)  Specifying that the EMP shall not be limited by state or local personnel laws and rules pertaining to civil service employees;

 

     (4)  Providing that the EMP law shall not be construed to allow the hiring of non-civil service contract, temporary, or permanent employees in place of civil service employees, or provide bonuses or other special considerations to project consultants or temporary hires employed to facilitate implementation of the EMP; and

 

     (5)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, 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. 1082, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1082, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair