STAND. COM. REP. NO. 682
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 1261
S.D. 2
Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui
President of the Senate
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2011
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1261, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide employer contribution amounts for plan year 2010-2011 for Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund health benefit plan premiums for the employees of collective bargaining units (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), and (13) and their excluded counterparts.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Kalbert Young, Director, Department of Budget and Finance; and Randy Perreira, Executive Director, Hawaii Government Employees Association.
Your Committee received comments on this measure from Michael Kaho‘ohanohano.
Your Committee finds that state employees have absorbed the costs of all health benefit plan premium increases since July 2009. Your Committee also finds that the increase in employer contributions provided by this measure coincides with the next Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund premium increase to begin in March 2011.
Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of style, clarity, and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1261, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1261, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Chair |
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