Extends the HLRB members terms from six to ten years. Provides for the chairperson's salary to be at least equal to that of the deputy director of DLIR, and for the other members to be 95% of the chairperson's salary.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. Section 89-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (b) through (d) to read as follows:

"(b) The board shall be composed of three members of which (1) one member shall be representative of management, (2) one member shall be representative of labor, and (3) the third member, the chairperson, shall be representative of the public. All members shall be appointed by the governor for terms of [six] ten years each. Public employers and employee organizations representing public employees may submit to the governor for consideration names of persons to serve as members of the board and the governor shall first consider these persons in selecting the members of the board.

(c) Each member shall hold office until the member's successor is appointed and qualified. Because cumulative experience and continuity in office are essential to the proper administration of this chapter, it is declared to be in the public interest to continue board members in office as long as efficiency is demonstrated, notwithstanding the provision of section 26-34, which limits the appointment of a member of a board or commission to two terms. Members on the board as of July 1, 2005 shall have their existing terms extended from six to ten years, and they shall continue to serve until their successors have been duly appointed and confirmed.

(d) The members shall devote full time to their duties as members of the board. Effective January 1, 1989, and January 1, 1990, the salary of the chairperson of the board shall be set by the governor within the range from $69,748 to $74,608 and $72,886 to $77,966 a year, respectively, and the salary of each of the other members shall be ninety-five per cent of the chairperson's salary. Effective July 1, 2005, the salary of the chairperson shall be no less than the annual salary of the deputy director of labor and industrial relations, and the salary of each of the other members shall be ninety-five per cent of the chairperson's salary. No member shall hold any other public office or be in the employment of the State or a county, or any department or agency thereof, or any employee organization during the member's term."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2005.