STAND. COM. REP. NO. 614-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 1917

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1917 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SALARY COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to propose a constitutional amendment to establish a salary commission to review and recommend salaries for:

(1) Justices and judges of all state courts;

(2) Members of the Legislature;

(3) The Governor and Lieutenant Governor;

(4) The Administrative Director of the State; and

(5) Department heads, executive officers, and the deputies or assistants to department heads of the departments provided by law, excluding the University of Hawaii and the Department of Education.

 

The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO, and a concerned individual supported this bill. The Department of the Attorney General and the Department of Human Resources Development submitted comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1917, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1917, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair