THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2806
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 356D-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  The authority shall employ, exempt from chapter 76 and section 26-35(a)(4), an executive director and an executive assistant.  The executive director shall be paid a salary [not to exceed eighty-five per cent of the salary of the director of human resources development.] that is determined by the board of directors, considering, among other factors, compensation provided to public housing authority executive directors with comparable duties and responsibilities, to comparable state and local officials, and to comparable private sector executives.  The executive assistant shall be paid a salary not to exceed ninety per cent of the executive director's salary.  The authority may employ, subject to chapter 76, technical experts and officers, agents, and employees, permanent or temporary, as required.  The authority may also employ officers, agents, and employees; prescribe their duties and qualifications; and fix their salaries, not subject to chapter 76, when in the determination of the authority, the services to be performed are unique and essential to the execution of the functions of the authority; provided that if the authority hires an officer, agent, or employee in a capacity not subject to chapter 76, the authority shall include in an annual report to the legislature, to be submitted not later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session, the position descriptions and reasons for hiring the personnel in a civil service exempt capacity.  The authority may call upon the attorney general for legal services as it may require.  The authority may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees the powers and duties it deems proper."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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:	_____________________________
	BY REQUEST

Report Title:

Public Housing; Hawaii Public Housing Authority; Executive Director Compensation

Description:

Authorizes the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to set the executive director's compensation based on a comparability analysis, and other factors.

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