REPORT TITLE:
Prison Guards; Pay Raise


DESCRIPTION:
Provides funds to increase salaries for prison guards leaving for
other positions.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           1484
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO INCREASING THE PAY FOR PRISON GUARDS TO ALLEVIATE A
   CRISIS AT HAWAII'S CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that an emergency
 
 2 situation exists at Hawaii's correctional facilities.  Prison
 
 3 guards, more formally known as adult corrections officers, are
 
 4 leaving their positions for higher paying positions on the
 
 5 mainland or positions with the local police department.  The
 
 6 purpose of this Act is to retain the State's prison guards by
 
 7 increasing their salaries.
 
 8      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
 9 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $        , or so much
 
10 thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000, and the
 
11 same sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year
 
12 2000-2001, to increase the salaries of adult corrections
 
13 officers.
 
14      SECTION 3.  The sums appropriated shall be expended by the
 
15 department of public safety for the purposes of this Act.
 
16      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.
 
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