STAND. COM. REP. NO. 994-00

                                 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 Legislative Management, 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 appropriate funds for
retroactive salary increases and other cost adjustments for
fiscal year 1998-1999, authorized by chapter 89C, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, for officers and employees of the Office of the
Auditor, Ethics Commission, Legislative Reference Bureau, and
Office of the Ombudsman.

     The appropriations made under Act 138 (Act 138), Session
Laws of Hawaii 1999, were for fiscal years 1998-1999, 1999-2000,
and 2000-2001.  Since Act 138 required the lapsing of funds
within the fiscal year for which it was appropriated, the Act's
effective date of July 1, 1999, precluded the expenditure of the
1998-1999 appropriations, including adjustments commencing
January 1, 1998.  This bill corrects this inadvertent error.

     Your Committee finds that this bill ensures that the
employees of these statutorily established legislative agencies
maintain parity with all other state employees who have already
received this retroactive pay adjustment under collective
bargaining agreements.


 
 
 
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     The Legislative Reference Bureau, Hawaii State Ethics
Commission, State Auditor, and Office of the Ombudsman supported
this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Legislative Management 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 Second
Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Legislative
                                   Management,



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                                   EZRA KANOHO, Chair