S.B. 459 Summary

• Appropriates funds for fiscal biennium 2015-2017 to cover collective bargaining cost items negotiated with collective bargaining unit (3) across multiple state departments and agencies.

• Includes salary increases and cost adjustments for state officers and employees excluded from collective bargaining who belong to the same compensation plans as unit (3) members in executive branch, judiciary, and Hawaii health systems corporation.

• Appropriates funds for Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund costs for both bargaining unit (3) members and excluded employees in the executive branch and judiciary.

• Directs the director of finance and chief justice to allot and expend funds in respective fiscal years according to the purposes outlined in each part.

• Contains a delayed effective date of January 7, 2059, and specifies that unexpended or unencumbered funds shall lapse as of June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2017.