HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

575

TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO SALARIES.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Act 85, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, is amended by amending section 2 to read as follows:

     "SECTION 2.  (a)  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and notwithstanding the recommendations of the commission on salaries for salary increases, beginning July 1, 2009, and until June 30, [2011,] 2013, the annual salaries of the governor, the lieutenant governor, the 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 or executive officers 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,

shall be reduced by five per cent from what the salary is as of June 30, 2009, and shall remain at that salary rate until June 30, [2011; provided that on July 1, 2011, the salaries of these positions shall be restored to the level they would have been on July 1, 2009, without the salary decrease under this Act; provided further that the recommendations of the commission on salaries for salary increases for these positions effective July 1, 2012, shall become effective on that date in accordance with the recommendations.] 2013.

     (b)  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and notwithstanding the recommendations of the commission on salaries for salary increases, beginning July 1, 2009, and until June 30, [2011,] 2013, the annual salaries of members of the legislature shall be reduced by five per cent from what the salary is as of June 30, 2009; provided that on July 1, [2011,] 2013, the salaries of the legislators shall be restored to the level [it] they would have been on July 1, 2009, without the salary decrease under this Act; provided further that the recommendations of the commission on salaries for salary increases for legislators effective January 1, [2012,] 2014, shall become effective on that date in accordance with the recommendations.

     (c)  For the period from July 1, 2009, to July 1, 2011, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the leaves of absence for vacation and sick leave, with pay, of persons affected under [subsection] subsections (a) and (b) shall be the same as those negotiated, mediated, or arbitrated under chapter 89, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for collective bargaining unit (13); provided that on July 1, 2011, the leaves of absence under this subsection shall be restored to the level they would have been on July 1, 2009, but for this subsection.

     (d)  This section shall not be construed to impart any right to additional compensation previously authorized through the adoption of the commission on salaries' recommendations for:

     (1)  The period from January 1, 2009, through July 1, [2011,] 2013, for positions covered under subsection (a); and

     (2)  The period from January 1, 2009, through December 31, [2011,] 2013, for positions covered under subsection (b).

     (e)  This section shall not be enforced to the extent that it is preempted by federal law."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on June 29, 2011.


 


 

Report Title:

Salaries; Legislature; Judiciary; Executive

 

Description:

Extends the five per cent legislative salary decrease from June 30, 2011, to June 30, 2013.  Applies the five per cent salary reduction to legislators and to executive and judicial branch positions.  (SD1)

 

 

 

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