STAND. COM. REP. NO. 856-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 1918

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1918, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMMISSION ON SALARIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish a Commission on Salaries within the Department of Human Resources Development, upon ratification of a constitutional amendment, that would be responsible for reviewing and recommending salaries for:

(1) Justices and judges of all state courts;

(2) Members of the Legislature;

(3) The Administrative Director of the State, or an equivalent position; and

(4) Department heads and executive officers, and their deputies or assistants, excluding the University of Hawaii and the Department of Education.

In addition, this bill repeals the Executive Salary Commission and the Judicial Salary Commission.

The Judiciary provided comments on this bill.

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. 1918, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair