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County of Hawaii—State of Hawaii
Resolution No. 424
REQUESTING THE HAWAII CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO INITIATE
LEGISLATION TO EXEMPT CERTAIN STATE AND COUNTY EMPLOYEES
WHILE ACTING AS PRECINCT OFFICIALS FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE
FEDERAL FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT
WHEREAS, the employees of the State of Hawaii and the
Counties of Maui, Hawaii , Kauai , and the City and County of
Honolulu are now subject to the minimum wage and maximum
hours provisions of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act; and
WHEREAS, a number of those employees act as precinct
officials and therefore work additional hours during election
times ; and
WHEREAS , the state and counties are now required to pay
government employees serving as precinct officials at a rate
of time and one-half while non-government employees are paid
straight time for the same service; and
WHEREAS, such payments are an unfair discrimination and
inequity in the payment of election officials.
NOW , THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE
COUNTY OF HAWAII that it take this means to respectfully
request the Hawaii Congressional Delegation to initiate
legislation to exempt government employees while acting as
precinct officials from the provisions of the Federal Fair
Labor Standards Act.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County of
Hawaii be and is hereby directed to transmit true copies of
this resolution to the Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, United States
Senator; the Honorable Hiram L. Fong, United States Senator;
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the Honorable Spark M. Matsunaga, United States Representative;
and the Honorable Patsy T. Mink, United States Representative.
Dated at Hilo, Hawaii , this 18th day of June
1975.
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Hilo, Hawaii
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I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by the vote indicated to Fujii x
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Reference:
Ted T. Suzuki Robert M. Yamad
CHAIRMAN & PRESID G OFFICER
COUNTY CLERK M.B. No.
RESOLUTION NO. 424
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