STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2337

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2675
                                        




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No.
2675 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SALARY OF THE EXECUTIVE
     DIRECTOR OF THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to raise the maximum salary of
the executive director of the State Ethics Commission to that of
a department head.

     Your Committee finds that the executive director of the
Commission is the only staff member whose salary is set by
statute.  Your Committee further finds that as a result of
collective bargaining increases provided to other staff members,
the salary of the associate director of the Commission now
exceeds that of its executive director.  Your Committee
acknowledges that this disparity is unfair, and could pose
management problems within the Commission staff.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Commission and by the League of Women Voters.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
2675 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means.


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



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                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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