STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1602

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1062

      S.D. 1

      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. 1062, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

          The purpose of this bill, as received by your Committee, is to appropriate funds for fiscal biennium 2011-2013 for Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund costs for state officers and employees in Collective Bargaining Unit (8) and those officers and employees who are excluded from collective bargaining and belong to the same compensation plans as those officers and employees within Collective Bargaining Unit (8).

 

     Prior to the public hearing, your Committee circulated for review and comment and accepted testimony on a Proposed H.D. 1.  The purpose of the Proposed H.D. 1 is to fund:

 

     (1)  Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund costs for state officers and employees in Collective Bargaining Unit (5) and those officers and employees who are excluded from collective bargaining and belong to the same compensation plans as those officers and employees within Collective Bargaining Unit (5);

 

     (2)  All collective bargaining cost items in the agreement negotiated with the exclusive bargaining representative of Collective Bargaining Unit (5); and

 

     (3)  Cost items authorized by Chapter 89C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for state officers and employees who are excluded from collective bargaining.

 

     The Hawaii State Teachers Association testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Budget and Finance provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Adopting the language contained in the Proposed H.D. 1;

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 1062, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1062, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair