STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1723

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1470
                                     H.D. 2




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.
1470, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
     EXCLUDED FROM COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND MAKING
     APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to fund salary increases and
other cost adjustments for legislative officers and employees
excluded from collective bargaining.

     The Legislative Reference Bureau, the Ombudsman, and the
State Auditor testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by including
appropriations for salary increases and other cost adjustments
for the legislative staff of the House of Representatives and the
Senate.

     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.
1470, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1470, H.D.
2.


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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair