STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1476

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.B. No. 1711

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred S.B. No. 1711 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 Auditor, Ombudsman, LRB, and the Hawaii State Teachers Association testified in support of this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1711 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 Legislative Management,

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MICHAEL Y. MAGAOAY, Chair