CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 123-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2008

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1526

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 3

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Madam and Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1526, S.D. 2, H.D. 3, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO JUDICIARY,"

 

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 measure is to specify that effective July 1, 2008, the salary of the Administrative Director of the Courts shall be identical to that of the Administrative Director of the State, and the salary of the Deputy Administrative Director of the Courts shall be equal to ninety five per cent of the salary of the Administrative Director of the Courts.

 

     Your Committee on Conference finds that due to inadvertent statutory errors that are not resolvable in a timely manner, the unitary salary commission does not have the authority, as intended, to set the salaries of the Administrative Director of the Courts and the Deputy Administrative Director.  In lieu thereof, this measure provides a statutory remedy.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the salary of the Administrative Director of the Courts to a range of $120,000 to $150,000, and the salary of the Deputy Administrative Director to a range of $115,000 to $140,000, as determined by the Chief Justice.

 

     It is the intent of your Committee on Conference that a newly appointed Administrative Director or Deputy Administrative Director should start at the lowest salary within the range. 

 

     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 S.B. No. 1526, S.D. 2, H.D. 3, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1526, S.D. 2, H.D. 3, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

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TOMMY WATERS, Co-Chair

 

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair

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ALEX M. SONSON, Co-Chair

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Co-Chair