HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

AMENDMENT TO:

S.B. No. 1350, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, RELATING TO STATE GOVERNMENT

 

OFFERED BY:

Speaker Scott K. Saiki

 

DATE:

April 13, 2021

 

 

            SECTION 1.  Senate Bill No. 1350, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, is amended by deleting sections 1 through 6.

 

            SECTION 2.  Senate Bill No. 1350, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, is amended by adding a new section at page 1, line 1, to read as follows:

 

            SECTION 1.  Act 2, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020, is amended by amending section 2 to read as follows:

     "SECTION 2.  (a)  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and notwithstanding the legislature not disapproving the commission on salaries' recommendation for salary increases by adoption of a concurrent resolution in 2019, beginning on July 1, 2020, and continuing through [June 30, 2021,] December 31, 2022, the annual salaries of the governor, lieutenant governor, justices and judges of all state 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 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 remain at the salary rate as of June 30, 2020; provided that on [July 1, 2021,] January 1, 2023, the salaries of these positions shall be adjusted pursuant to the salary recommendations of the commission on salaries to the level they would have been on July 1, [2021,] 2022, without the delay under this Act; provided further that the salary recommendations of the commission on salaries for these positions effective July 1, [2022,] 2023, and [each year thereafter through] July 1, 2024, shall become effective on that date in accordance with the recommendations.

     (b)  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and notwithstanding the legislature not disapproving the commission on salaries' recommendation for salary increases by adoption of a concurrent resolution in 2019, beginning on January 1, 2021, and continuing through [June 30, 2021,] December 31, 2022, the annual salaries of members of the legislature shall remain at the salary rate as of June 30, 2020; provided that on [July 1, 2021,] January 1, 2023, the salaries of the legislators shall be adjusted pursuant to the salary recommendations of the commission on salaries to the level they would have been on January 1, [2021,] 2023, without the delay under this Act; provided further that the salary recommendations of the commission on salaries for legislators effective [January 1, 2022, and each year thereafter through] January 1, 2024, shall become effective on that date in accordance with the recommendations.

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

 

            SECTION 3.  Senate Bill No. 1350, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, is amended by renumbering section 7 as section 2.

 

            SECTION 4.  Senate Bill No. 1350, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, is amended by renumbering section 8 as section 3 and amending section 3 to read as follows:

 

            "SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on June 29, 2021."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CARRIED

 

FAILED TO CARRY

 

WITHDRAWN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHIEF CLERK, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES