Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1332, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish an Executive Salary Commission (Commission) to review salaries and recommend appropriate salaries for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain executive officials.

The measure further provides that the Commission submit new salary recommendations to the Legislature before the convening of the regular session of the Legislature in even-numbered years. The new salaries may be rejected by a three-fourths vote of the members of each house.

Your Committee finds that the last salary adjustments for appointed executive branch officials was in 1990, while public employees subject to collective bargaining have received not less than ten salary increases during the same period. Because salaries for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and executive branch officials are set by statute, salaries of some department heads and their deputies are now less than their subordinate managers. Your Committee believes that this measure to review and make salary recommendations is needed to establish equitable salaries commensurate with the individual's responsibilities and duties.

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended the measure by making the following technical amendments for the purposes of uniformity and clarity:

Your Committee also has amended the bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2020 to facilitate discussion on this important issue.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1332, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1332, S.D. 2.