STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1052

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1329

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1329, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SALARY OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to set the salary of the Chairperson of the Public Utilities Commission on par with the highest pay tier of the First Deputy Attorney General and set the salary of each of the other Commissioners to be equal with the lowest pay tier of the First Deputy Attorney General.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

Your Committee finds that the complex scope of work of the Public Utilities Commission justifies salary levels for its Chairperson and other Commissioners that will attract and retain the most qualified candidates.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1329, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1329, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair