STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1017-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2692
                                     S.D. 2
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred S.B. No. 2692, S.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SALARIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill as received is to provide salary
adjustments for the Administrative Director and Deputy
Administrative Director of the Judiciary, and to give the Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court the discretion to determine such
salaries based on merit and other factors, effective July 1,
2000.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Judiciary.

     Your Committee finds that fair increase of the salaries of
the Administrative Director and Deputy Administrative Director of
the Judiciary will ensure the continued pursuit of excellence in
the administration of the Judiciary.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting the proposed specific salary increases and the
          retroactive nature of those increases;

     (2)  Changing the effective date upon which the Chief
          Justice shall determine salary increases for the

 
 
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          Administrative Director and Deputy Administrative
          Director from July 1, 2001, to July 1, 2000; and 

     (3)  Removing sections 3 and 4 providing for appropriations
          out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 2692, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 2692, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the
Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair