STAND. COM. REP. NO.77

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 826

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 826 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide salary adjustments for the directors and assistants of the State Auditor (Auditor), Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB), and the Office of the Ombudsman (Ombudsman).

The Auditor, LRB, and the Ombudsman submitted testimony in support of this bill.

Although the request for salary adjustments for these agency heads are being made at a difficult fiscal time, your Committee finds that these agency heads have not had salary adjustments for eleven years. Therefore, your Committee believes that a salary adjustment is long overdue and should be made to ensure equity and fairness.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 826 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

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NATHAN SUZUKI, Chair