CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. 100
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 1332
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1332, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION OF OFFICIALS IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF STATE GOVERNMENT,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this measure is to establish an Executive Salary Commission (ECC) to review the salaries of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, executive branch department heads other than the President of the University of Hawaii and the Superintendent of Education, and deputy department heads.
This measure also:
(1) Requires that the members of the ECC shall be appointed as follows:
(a) Two members appointed by the President of the Senate;
(b) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and
(c) One member by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court;
(2) Requires the ECC to convene in November 2003, and every eight years thereafter, and submit new salary recommendations to the Legislature prior to the fortieth day of the regular session of 2004, and every eight years thereafter; and
(3) Allows the Legislature or the Governor to reject the ECC's recommendations.
Your Committee on Conference has amended the measure as follows:
(1) Deleting the authority of the Governor to reject the ECC's recommendations;
(2) Allowing the ECC to include incremental increases that take effect throughout the eight-year span occurring prior to the convening of the next salary commission; and
(3) Following the disapproval of recommended salary amounts by the Legislature, requiring the ECC to reconvene in the following November to review the reasons for disapproval and to subsequently prepare and submit a report of findings and new salary recommendations to the Legislature for the next session.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1332, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1332, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Co-Chair |
____________________________ BRIAN KANNO, Chair |
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Co-Chair |
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
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