Report Title:

Technical Amendment

Description:

Clarifies that the comptroller may waive certain administrative requirements pertaining to the payment of salaries and pensions, and the automatic deposit thereof, in accordance with rules adopted under the Hawaii Administrative Procedures Act.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	32
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO SALARIES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 40-53, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  All employees hired on or after July 1, 1998, shall designate a financial institution account into which the State is authorized to deposit the employee's pay.  The comptroller may waive the requirements of this section for any state employee upon request by the head of the employing department under [policies prescribed] rules adopted by the comptroller[.] in accordance with chapter 91.  The implementation of this section shall not be subject to negotiation under chapter 89."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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