HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2964
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to salaries.

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

     SECTION 1.  Act 85, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, is amended by amending subsection (b) of section 2 to read as follows:

     "(b)  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and notwithstanding the recommendations of the commission on salaries for salary increases, beginning July 1, [2009,] 2010, and until June 30, 2011, the annual salaries of members of the legislature shall be reduced by [five] 8.07 per cent from what the salary is as of June 30, 2009; provided that on July 1, 2011, the salaries of the legislators shall be restored to the level [it] that each salary would have been on July 1, 2009, without the salary decrease under this Act; provided further that the recommendations of the commission on salaries for salary increases for legislators effective January 1, 2012, shall become effective on that date in accordance with the recommendations."

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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2010.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Legislative Salaries; Reduction

Description:

Increases the salary reduction for legislators from 5% to 8.07% for the second half of the 2009-2010 fiscal biennium.

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