Report Title:

Salary

Description:

Requires the State to compensate state employees and officers on active duty in a hostile fire zone the difference between their higher state pay and their military pay. Places a cap on the amount of compensation to be received. Requires retroactive application to 2003. (SD1)

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1824

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

  

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO SALARY COMPENSATION.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Chapter 78, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§78-   Salary compensation for officers and employees on active military service. (a) The State shall compensate the difference in pay for officers and employees who are placed on active duty and serving in a hostile fire zone designated by presidential executive order; provided that the state pay is higher than gross monthly military pay. Compensation shall be the difference in gross monthly pay between military pay and state pay; provided that the compensation paid shall not exceed the amount of $           per month. Gross monthly military pay shall include basic pay, all authorized allowances, and all incentive and special pay.

(b) This section shall also apply retroactively to officers and employees who:

(1) Were placed on active duty and served in a hostile fire zone designated by presidential executive order; and

(2) Completed their tours of duty in calendar years 2003 and 2004."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.