STAND. COM. REP. NO. 803
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 1236
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1236 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to enable the legislators to provide the key linkage between their diverse constituencies and state policy, enabling them to provide services to the citizens of the state and establish a forum for representation. To support the legislators and enable them to provide state residents with information and receive input from them about government policies, this bill will increase the legislative allowance, funds that are used to cover incidental expenses connected with legislative duties, by:
(1) Increasing the legislative allowance from $5,000 to $7,500; and
(2) Allowing the legislative allowance to be regularly adjusted to account for inflation by increasing the allowance by the same percentage and at the same time that the legislative salary is increased.
The Clerk of the House and Hawaii State Teachers Association testified in support of this measure.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1236 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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