STAND. COM. REP. NO. 661

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1118

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1118 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide that the salaries of certain Hawaii Public Housing Authority key executive management personnel are subject to the compensation limitations established by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Hawaii Public Housing Authority is funded primarily through federal funding or rental receipts, including the salaries of Authority employees.  Current state law establishing the salaries of key employees inhibits the hiring of qualified personnel with skills and expertise that would assist the Authority in fulfilling its duties and responsibilities.  Not only will this measure enable the Authority to attract and retain qualified personnel, it will allow the Authority's Board of Directors to satisfy federal requirements, including providing certification to the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development that the salary of the executive director was established pursuant to a mandatory comparable salary study.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion on the measure; and

 

(2)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 1118, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1118, S.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair