CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.139

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1528

H.D. 2

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1528, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES,"

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 bill is to adjust the salaries of the following positions:

(1) Chief Election Officer;

(2) Auditor;

(3) First Assistant or First Deputy of the Auditor;

(4) Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB);

(5) First Assistant to the Director of LRB;

(6) Executive Director of the State Ethics Commission;

(7) Chairperson of the Hawaii Labor Relations Board;

(8) Ombudsman;

(9) First Assistant to the Ombudsman;

(10) Administrator of the State Procurement Office;

(11) Manager and Deputy Manager of the Stadium Authority;

(12) Vice-Director of Civil Defense;

(13) First Deputy to the Chairperson of the Commission on Water Resource Management;

(14) Executive Director and Executive Assistant of the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii;

(15) Chairperson of the Public Utilities Commission;

(16) Recycling Coordinator of the Office of Solid Waste Management;

(17) Director of the Executive Office on Aging;

(18) Chairperson of the Hawaii Paroling Authority;

(19) Director of the Office of Veterans' Services;

(20) Chairperson of the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeal Board;

(21) Executive Director of the Office of Community Services;

(22) Commissioner of Financial Institutions; and

(23) The State Public Defender.

Upon careful consideration, your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting the salary adjustments for all positions except for the following:

(A) Auditor;

(B) First Assistant or First Deputy of the Auditor;

(C) Director of the LRB;

(D) First Assistant to the Director of LRB;

(E) Executive Director of the State Ethics Commission;

(F) Ombudsman; and

(G) The First Assistant to the Ombudsman;

(2) Changing the salary adjustment for the:

(A) Auditor by making the Auditor's salary the same as the salary of the Director of Health;

(B) First Assistant or First Deputy to the Auditor by limiting the salary of the First Assistant or First Deputy to 87 percent of the Auditor's salary;

(C) Director of LRB by making the Director's salary the same as the salary of the Director of Health;

(D) First Assistant to the Director of LRB by limiting the salary of the First Assistant to 87 percent of the salary of the Director of LRB;

(E) Executive Director of the State Ethics Commission by making the Executive Director's salary the same as the salary of the Director of Health;

(F) Ombudsman by making the Ombudsman's salary the same as the salary of the Director of Health; and

(G) First Assistant to the Ombudsman by limiting the salary of the First Assistant to 87 percent of the salary of the Ombudsman;

(3) Deleting the severability clause;

(4) Appropriating funds for salary increases and other cost adjustments attributable to collective bargaining for officers and employees of legislative agencies excluded from collective bargaining for fiscal year 2005-2006, as follows:

(A) State Ethics Commission, $25,087;

(B) Office of the Auditor, $61,035;

(C) Office of the LRB, $74,749; and

(D) Office of the Ombudsman, $25,802;

and

(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

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 H.B. No. 1528, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1528, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair

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KIRK CALDWELL, Co-Chair

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Co-Chair

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BOB NAKASONE, Co-Chair