STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1150

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1101

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 1101, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to extend the sunset date of the state civil service exemption for persons hired or contracted by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to perform repair, maintenance, or capital improvement project work on vacant state housing units from June 30, 2015, to June 30, 2017.

 

     The Hawaii Public Housing Authority supported this measure.  The United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO; Painting Industry of Hawaii Labor Management Cooperation Trust Fund;  Hawaii Tapers Market Recovery Trust Fund; Hawaii Glaziers; Architectural Metal Glassworkers Local Union 1889 AFL-CIO Stabilization Trust Fund; and the Carpet, Linoleum and Soft Tile Local Union 1926 Market Recovery Trust Fund opposed this measure.

    

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2115, to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1101, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1101, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

 

 

 

 

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair