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 S.B. No. 807, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to adjust certain statutorily established salaries of various department heads and deputy positions, including the:

(2) Auditor;

(3) Legislative Reference Bureau Director;

(8) Vice-director of Civil Defense;

(9) Deputy for Water Resource Management;

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

The Department of Human Resources Development, Department of Budget and Finance, Labor & Industrial Relations Appeals Board, Hawaii Paroling Authority, Office of the Auditor, Office of the Ombudsman, Legislative Reference Bureau, Advisory Board on Veterans Services, and Department of the Attorney General testified in support of this bill. The Department of Health, Department of Defense, and Public Utilities Commission supported the intent of this measure. The Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii Board of Directors offered comments.

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 S.B. No. 807, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.