STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1395-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

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




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No.
2692, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SALARIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the Chief Justice to
determine the salaries of certain judiciary administrative
officers based on merit and other relevant factors.

     The Judicial Salary Commission testified in support of this
bill.  The Judiciary offered comments on this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by adding a restriction
that the salaries be no more than that of the Administrative
Director of the State, or $90,041 a year.

     Other technical, nonsubstantive amendments were made for
purposes of style, clarity, and conformity.

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


 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair