STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1546

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1078

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1078, S.D. 2, 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:

 

     (1)  Have benefits for the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund be determined by collective bargaining between the public employer and the exclusive representative of a bargaining unit of public employees; and

 

     (2)  With respect to the resolution of disputes under collective bargaining, make the decision of an arbitration panel final and binding upon the parties on all provisions submitted to the arbitration panel.

 

     The Hawaii Government Employees Association testified in support of this measure.

 

     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 S.B. No. 1078, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair