THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2565
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to the hawaii civil rights commission.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that Act 30, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, requires the Hawaii civil rights commission to adopt administrative rules to conform state law protections against disability discrimination to the federal Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA).  Through Act 30, the legislature directed the Hawaii civil rights commission to complete this rulemaking process no later than December 31, 2010.

     The legislature finds that the United States Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC), the agency authorized to promulgate federal regulations implementing the ADAAA, has not completed its rulemaking process and is unlikely to do so before July 2010.  The purpose of this Act is to extend the deadline for the Hawaii civil rights commission to complete its rulemaking process to allow the commission to review and conform state law protections against disability discrimination to the final EEOC administrative regulation guidelines. 

     SECTION 2.  Act 30, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, is amended by amending section 3 to read as follows:

     "SECTION 3.  The Hawaii civil rights commission shall complete the rulemaking process for purposes of section 2 of this Act no later than December 31, [2010.] 2011."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Hawaii Civil Rights Commission; Disability Discrimination

 

Description:

Extends the deadline for the Hawaii civil rights commission to adopt new rules regarding disability discrimination by one year to allow for conformity with new federal rules. 

 

 

 

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