CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 169-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 1918

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1918, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMMISSION ON SALARIES,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this bill is to establish a Commission on Salaries (Commission) to review and recommend the salary of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, the members of the Legislature, justices and judges of all state courts, the Administrative Director of the State or an equivalent position, and the department heads or executive officers and the deputies or assistants to the department heads of all state departments.

This bill also repeals the Executive Salary Commission and the Judicial Salary Commission.

 

Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

(1) Requiring the first Commission to submit its salary recommendations to the Legislature during the regular session of 2007 instead of 2008;

(2) Providing that any change in salary that becomes effective shall not apply to the Legislature to which the recommendation for the change in salary was submitted;

(3) Amending sections 26-51, 26-52, 26-53, 26-54,601-3, 602-2, 602-52, 603-5, and 604-2.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to replace references to both the Executive and Judicial Salary Commissions;

(4) Directing the Commission to also recommend the salary of the department head and deputy of the Department of Defense;

(5) Deleting the appropriation provision;

(6) Deleting the effective date of July 1, 3000; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1918, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1918, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

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COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair

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MICHAEL Y. MAGAOAY, Co-Chair

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair

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SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Co-Chair