Bill Text: HI HB331 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: State Holidays; Election Day; Mail Process

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-18 - Carried over to 2014 Regular Session. [HB331 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2014-HB331-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	331
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO STATE HOLIDAYS.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 8-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§8-1  Holidays designated.  The following days of each year are set apart and established as state holidays:

     The first day in January, New Year's Day;

     The third Monday in January, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day;

     The third Monday in February, Presidents' Day;

     The twenty-sixth day in March, Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day;

     The Friday preceding Easter Sunday, Good Friday;

     The last Monday in May, Memorial Day;

     The eleventh day in June, King Kamehameha I Day;

     The fourth day in July, Independence Day;

     The third Friday in August, Statehood Day;

     The first Monday in September, Labor Day;

     The eleventh day in November, Veterans' Day;

     The fourth Thursday in November, Thanksgiving Day;

     The twenty-fifth day in December, Christmas Day;

     All election days, except primary and special election days, in the county wherein the election is held; provided that if the office of elections establishes an election by mail process for all registered voters of the State, election days shall no longer be considered a state holiday under this section;

     Any day designated by proclamation by the President of the United States or by the governor as a holiday."

     SECTION 2.  A collective bargaining agreement that is executed:

     (1)  Pursuant to chapter 89, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

     (2)  After the office of elections establishes an election by mail process for all registered voters of the State;

shall reflect a reduction in the number of paid holidays to which a public employee who is subject to the collective bargaining agreement may be entitled in a calendar year in which a general election occurs, as established under this Act; provided that the loss of the general election holiday shall not be considered a negotiable item for collective bargaining purposes.

     SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2014.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

State Holidays; Election Day; Mail Process

 

Description:

Eliminates election day as a state holiday if the office of elections establishes an election by mail process for all registered voters of the State.

 

 

 

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