Report Title:

Legislative Agencies; Salary Increases; Cost Adjustments

Description:

Appropriates funds for salary increases and other cost adjustments for state officers and employees who are excluded from collective bargaining.  (HB1567 CD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1567
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES EXCLUDED FROM COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.

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

     SECTION 1.  There are appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii to the legislative agencies indicated below the following sums or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007-2008 to fund the salary increases and other cost adjustments authorized by chapter 89C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for officers and employees of these agencies excluded from collective bargaining:

FY 2007-2008

     State ethics commission                        $ 20,976

     Office of the auditor                          $110,011

     Office of the legislative reference bureau     $ 99,525

     Office of the ombudsman                        $ 40,916

     The sums appropriated shall be expended by the respective heads of the legislative agencies for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 2.  Salary increases and cost adjustments provided in this Act for any officer or employee whose compensation is paid in whole or in part from federal, special, or other funds shall be paid wholly or proportionally, as the case may be, from the respective funds.

     SECTION 3.  Funds appropriated or authorized by this Act that are not expended or encumbered by the last day of the fiscal year for which they were appropriated or authorized shall lapse as of that date.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2007.