STAND. COM. REP. NO.  444

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1367

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1367 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SALARIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the correlation between the salaries of specific department heads and deputy department heads and certain non-civil service positions.

     The Department of Budget and Finance, Department of Human Resources Development, Hawaii Paroling Authority, Chairman of the Stadium Authority, Department of Accounting and General Services, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, and Hawaii Public Housing Authority testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee recognizes that state agencies and departments sometimes experience difficulty in attracting and retaining qualified executives because of the current salary caps.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1367 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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ALEX M. SONSON, Chair