Bill Text: HI SB2352 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The Department Of Human Resources Development.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-13 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SB2352 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB2352-Introduced.html
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2352 |
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 26-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The department of human resources development shall be headed by a single executive to be known as the director of human resources development. The director shall:
(1) Facilitate and expedite the hiring and recruitment for civil service positions under the jurisdiction of the department of human resources development; and
(2) Have the authority
to reclassify and abolish vacant positions within state departments and
agencies that are under the jurisdiction of the department of human resources development[,
subject to the following conditions:
(A) Prior
to reclassifying or abolishing any vacant position as provided under this
paragraph, the director shall submit a report to the legislature no later than
twenty days prior to each regular session.
The report shall include a list of vacant positions for reclassification
or abolishment, identify the agency each position is attached to, provide
reasons for reclassifying or abolishing the position, and state the duration
that the position has been vacant; and
(B) The
director may reclassify or abolish any vacant position as provided under this
paragraph no earlier than sixty days after the report has been submitted to the
legislature as provided under subparagraph (A)]."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2024.
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Report Title:
Department of Human Resources Development; Vacant Positions; Legislative Reporting Requirement
Description:
Repeals the requirement that the director of human resources development must submit a report to the legislature before reclassifying and abolishing vacant positions within state departments and agencies that are under the jurisdiction of DHRD.
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