STAND. COM. REP. NO. 853
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2007
RE: H.B. No. 1672
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Fourth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2007
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1672 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE SERVICE AGENCIES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to improve the ability of the legislative service agencies to hire and retain the most qualified individuals by increasing the maximum salary payable to the first assistant or first deputy in the Office of the Auditor, Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB), and Office of the Ombudsman, from not more than 87 percent to not more than 92 percent of the salary of the respective agency's director.
The Office of the State Auditor, Office of the Ombudsman, LRB, and Hawaii State Teachers Association testified in support of 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. 1672 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair |
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