THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
810 |
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
S.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 89-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
"(d) For the purpose of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement, the public employer of an appropriate bargaining unit shall mean the governor together with the following employers:
(1) For bargaining units (1), (2), (3), (4), (9), (10), (13), (14), and (15), the governor shall have six votes and the mayors, the chief justice, and the Hawaii health systems corporation board shall each have one vote if they have employees in the particular bargaining unit;
(2) For bargaining units (11) and (12), the governor shall have four votes and the mayors shall each have one vote;
(3) For bargaining
units (5) and (6), the governor shall have three votes[,] and the
board of education shall have two votes[, and the superintendent of education
shall have one vote]; and
(4) For bargaining units (7) and (8), the governor shall have three votes, the board of regents of the University of Hawaii shall have two votes, and the president of the University of Hawaii shall have one vote.
Any
decision to be reached by the applicable employer group shall be [on the
basis of] by a simple majority[,] vote, except when a
bargaining unit includes county employees from more than one county. In that case, the simple majority shall
include at least one county."
SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Department of Education; Collective Bargaining; Voting
Description:
Eliminates
the superintendent of education as a voting member constituting the public employer
for the purpose of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement with personnel
of the department of education. (SD1)
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