Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 628 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the State Ethics Commission to determine the salary of its employees, including the Executive Director of the Commission, within its budget.

Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by the State Ethics Commission and the League of Women Voters of Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that this measure would allow the State Ethics Commission to set the salaries of all of its employees, including the Executive Director. This measure allows the State Ethics Commission to set the salary of the Executive Director independently of the salaries of executive department deputies and the recommendations of the Executive Salary Commission.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 628 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.