CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO.148

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 1999

                            RE:   H.B. No. 20
                                  H.D. 2
                                  S.D. 2
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate
in H.B. No. 20, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

    "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1) Amend the service retirement laws to correlate years on
         the bench with retirement benefits; and

     (2) Increase judicial salaries over a two-year period.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

     (1) Deleting language in the purpose clause of the measure
         that compares judges compensation with private sector
         attorneys;

     (2) Increasing judicial salaries by 13 per cent over a two-
         year period;

     (3) Appropriating $4,121,073 to fund the salary increases
         for fiscal year 1999-2000 and $2,121,413 for fiscal year
         2000-2001; and

     (4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes
         of style and clarity.  

     Your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent
and purpose of H.B. No. 20, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached
hereto as H.B. No. 20, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted,

MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE        MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE
           SENATE                              HOUSE
                                   
                                   
                                   
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AVERY CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair           PAUL T. OSHIRO, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair     DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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BRIAN TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair          MARILYN B. LEE, Member
                                   
                                   
                                   
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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair           BARBARA MARUMOTO, Member

 
 
 
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ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair



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LES IHARA, JR., Member



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WHITNEY ANDERSON, Member