STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3303

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 2984
                                        H.D. 2
                                        S.D. 2




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B.
No. 2984, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide for an increase in
the minimum wage from $5.25 to $5.75 per hour and the tip credit
for tipped employees from twenty cents to twenty-two cents.

     The state minimum wage has not been increased since 1993.
Although Hawaii's cost of living is one of the highest in the
nation, our minimum wage standard is relatively modest.  A number
of other states have increased their own minimum wages, some to
over $6 per hour, which significantly exceeds Hawaii's.  Your
Committee finds that the residents of this State need a minimum
wage increase in order to meet daily expenses.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the amount
of the tip credit to an undetermined percentage.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2984, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it

 
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pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2984,
H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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