STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1617-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2499
                                     S.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No.
2499, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE
     LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to fund retroactive salary
increases and other cost adjustments for fiscal year 1998-1999,
which includes cost adjustments commencing January 1, 1998, for
officers and employees of the following legislative agencies,
which are excluded from collective bargaining:

     (1)  The Office of the Auditor;

     (2)  The State Ethics Commission (Ethics Commission);

     (3)  The Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB); and

     (4)  The Office of the Ombudsman (Ombudsman).

     This bill corrects a technical drafting error in Act 138,
Session Laws of Hawaii 1999, which precluded the expenditure of
fiscal year 1998-1999 appropriations for these agencies.

     LRB, the Ethics Commission, and the Ombudsman testified in
support of this measure.

 
 
 
 
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     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.
2499, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair