Report Title:

Commission on Salaries; Judiciary Administrators' Salaries

 

Description:

Requires the commission on salaries to review and recommend salaries for the administrative director and deputy administrative director of the courts, effective 7/1/13, contingent upon passage of related constitutional amendment.

 


THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

104

TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT


 

 

RELATING to COMMISSION on salaries.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 26-56, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  The commission shall review and recommend an appropriate salary for the governor, lieutenant governor, members of the legislature, justices and judges of all state courts, administrative director of the courts, deputy administrative director of the courts, administrative director of the State or an equivalent position, and department heads or executive officers and the deputies or assistants to the department heads of the departments of:

     (1)  Accounting and general services;

     (2)  Agriculture;

     (3)  The attorney general;

     (4)  Budget and finance;

     (5)  Business, economic development, and tourism;

     (6)  Commerce and consumer affairs;

     (7)  Defense;

     (8)  Hawaiian home lands;

     (9)  Health;

    (10)  Human resources development;

    (11)  Human services;

    (12)  Labor and industrial relations;

    (13)  Land and natural resources;

    (14)  Public safety;

    (15)  Taxation; and

    (16)  Transportation.

     The commission shall not review the salary of any position in the department of education or the University of Hawaii.

     The commission may recommend different salaries for department heads and executive officers and different salary ranges for deputies or assistants to department heads; provided that the commission shall recommend the same salary range for deputies or assistants to department heads within the same department; provided further that the appointing official shall specify the salary for a particular position within the applicable range.

     The commission shall not recommend salaries lower than salary amounts recommended by prior commissions replaced by this section."

     SECTION 2.  Section 601-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:

     1.  By amending subsection (a) to read:

     "(a)  The chief justice, with the approval of the supreme court, shall appoint an administrative director of the courts to assist the chief justice in directing the administration of the judiciary.  The administrative director shall be a resident of the State for a continuous period of three years prior to the administrative director's appointment, and shall be appointed without regard to chapter 76 and shall serve at the pleasure of the chief justice.  The administrative director shall hold no other office or employment.  Effective July 1, 2004, the salary of the administrative director shall be as last recommended by the judicial salary commission.  Effective July 1, [2007,] 2013, and every six years thereafter, the salary shall be as last recommended by the commission on salaries pursuant to section 26‑56, unless disapproved by the legislature.

     2.  By amending subsection (c) to read:

     "(c)  The administrative director, with the approval of the chief justice, shall appoint a deputy administrative director of the courts without regard to chapter 76 and such assistants as may be necessary.  The assistants shall be appointed without regard to chapter 76.  Effective July 1, 2000, the salary of the deputy administrative director shall be no greater than provided in section 26-52(3) and shall be determined by the chief justice based upon merit and other relevant factors.  Effective July 1, 2004, the salary of the deputy administrative director shall be as last recommended by the judicial salary commission.  Effective July 1, 2013, and every six years thereafter, the salary shall be as last recommended by the commission on salaries pursuant to section 26-56, unless disapproved by the legislature.  The administrative director shall be provided with necessary office facilities."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon ratification of a constitutional amendment requiring the commission on salaries to review and recommend salaries for the administrative director of the courts and the deputy administrative director of the courts.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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By Request