STAND. COM. REP. 3435
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: S.C.R. No. 119
S.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 119 entitled:
"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 2004 JUDICIAL SALARY COMMISSION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to adopt a legislative response to the judicial salary recommendations of the 2004 Judicial Salary Commission.
Specifically, the concurrent resolution sets forth the Judicial Salary Commission's salary recommendations, effective July, 2005:
The measure expresses the Legislature's belief that allowing the Commission's recommendations on judicial salaries to become effective is not in the overall public interest. In addition, the concurrent resolution requests the Commission to reconvene in November 2004 to consider the Legislature's concerns and submit a report that includes new judicial salary recommendations to the Twenty-Third Legislature of the Regular Session of 2005.
Your Committee recognizes that the Judicial Salary Commission members held a number of meetings and received a great deal of information in connection with their recommendations. Your Committee believes that the Commission's efforts were thorough and considered a wealth of material. It is not disputed that an increase in judicial salaries is desirable; however, it is the Committee's belief that the State's economic condition cannot support the recommended salary increases at this time. We support the concurrent resolution's request for the Judicial Salary Commission members to reconvene and present new salary recommendations that have taken into consideration legislative concerns expressed in the measure.
Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this measure to:
(4) Make a few technical nonsubstantive amendments.
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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 119, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 119, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair |
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