HB1008 Summary

• Transfers the Office of Collective Bargaining and Managed Competition from the Office of the Governor to the Department of Human Resources Development.

• Renames the office to the Office of Collective Bargaining and removes all references to managed competition from Chapter 89A, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

• Establishes the Chief Negotiator position in the Department of Human Resources Development as a gubernatorial appointment exempt from civil service and senate confirmation, removable at the governor's pleasure.

• Transfers all appropriations, records, equipment, contracts, and related property from the Office of the Governor to the Department of Human Resources Development.

• Takes effect January 1, 2051.