CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 104-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2012

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2324

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sirs:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2324, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to provide a vehicle to fund all collective bargaining cost items in the agreements negotiated with the exclusive bargaining representative of public employees in bargaining units 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 13 and their excluded counterparts for fiscal year 2012-2013.

 

     Your Committee on Conference finds that the Hawaii Government Employees Association and the state executive branch have reached an understanding relating to "favored nations" provisions in agreements concerning bargaining units 2, 3, 4, and 13.

 

     Accordingly, your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by deleting its contents and adopting the language submitted by the Governor in Governor's Message No. 241 to:

 

     (1)  Appropriate funds necessary for fiscal biennium 2011-2013 to satisfy the salary increases and other cost adjustments relating to the "favored nations" provisions in the supplemental agreements negotiated between the state executive branch and the exclusive bargaining representative of collective bargaining units 2, 3, 4, and 13 for state officers and employees in bargaining units 2, 3, 4, and 13 and their excluded counterparts in the state executive branch;

 

     (2)  Appropriate funds to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund (EUTF) necessary for fiscal biennium 2012-2013 to fund the EUTF costs contained in the supplemental agreements negotiated between the state executive branch, Department of Education, and University of Hawaii and the exclusive bargaining representative of collective bargaining units 2, 3, 4, and 13 for state officers and employees in the state executive branch, Department of Education, and University of Hawaii in bargaining units 2, 3, 4, and 13 and their excluded counterparts; and

 

     (3)  Appropriate funds necessary for fiscal biennium 2011-2013 to satisfy salary increases and other cost adjustments relating to the supplemental agreement negotiated between the state executive branch and the exclusive bargaining representative of collective bargaining units 2, 3, 4, and 13 for state officers and employees in bargaining units 2, 3, 4, and 13 and their excluded counterparts in the state executive branch; and

 

     (4)  Make this measure apply retroactively to July 1, 2011.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2324, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2324, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 


Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

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KARL RHOADS, Co-Chair

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Co-Chair

 

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MICHELLE KIDANI, Co-Chair