Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Human Services and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 1129 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to allow the Housing and Community Development Corporation (HCDCH) to set the salaries of its executive director and executive assistant, subject to the approval of the Governor.

HCDCH submitted testimony in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that salary ranges for comparable agencies in other parts of the country are substantially higher than the range currently allowed to HCDCH for its executive director and executive assistant. This bill will allow HCDCH to set more competitive salaries and more effectively recruit for these positions.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1129 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Employment.