STAND. COM. REP. NO.  27

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1193

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. 1193 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide for timely salary adjustments for trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) by requiring the salary commission for the Board of Trustees for OHA (Salary Commission) to meet every year beginning in 2008.

     OHA and the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs testified in support of this measure.

     Currently, the Salary Commission meets every four years to consider salary recommendations for OHA Trustees.  By requiring the Salary Commission to meet annually, your Committee finds that salary adjustments for OHA Trustees would be more reflective of inflation and would offer more adequate compensation.

     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. 1193 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs.

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

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ALEX M. SONSON, Chair