STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1819

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1157
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No.
1157, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE LIBRARIAN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide the Board of
Education (BOE) with greater authority in the recruitment and
retention of the State Librarian by:

     (1)  Removing the State Librarian's salary cap until July 1,
          2004, when the the Legislature shall set the State
          Librarian's salary;

     (2)  Deleting the residency requirement; and

     (3)  Limiting the term of appointment to a maximum of four
          years.

     The BOE testified in support of the intent of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Restoring the salary cap to $85,302, and deleting the
          provision that effective July 1, 2004, the Legislature
          shall set the salary;


 
 
 
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     (2)  Authorizing the State Librarian to receive additional
          compensation from private sources; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive revisions to conform
          to correct drafting style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
1157, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1157, S.D.
1, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair