CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 7-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2018

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2361

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

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. 2361, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO 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 appropriate funds for fiscal biennium 2017-2019 for collective bargaining cost items, salary increases, and other cost adjustments for public employees in collective bargaining unit (14) and for their excluded counterparts.

 

     Your Committee on Conference finds that on April 5, 2018, the State received notification of an arbitration award concerning the Hawaii Government Employees Association, collective bargaining unit (14).  An agreement with the Hawaii Government Employees Association regarding Employer-Union Trust Fund contributions was previously reached and funded by Act 28, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017.

 

     Accordingly, your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting specific amounts for collective bargaining cost items, salary increases, and other cost adjustments for public employees in collective bargaining unit (14) and for their excluded counterparts for fiscal biennium 2017-2019, pursuant to the arbitration award;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to upon approval; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     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. 2361, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2361, S.D. 2, 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

 

____________________________

AARON LING JOHANSON

Co-Chair

 

____________________________

JILL N. TOKUDA

Chair

____________________________

SYLVIA LUKE

Co-Chair

 

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GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN

Co-Chair