REPORT TITLE: 
Judicial Salaries


DESCRIPTION:
Increases salaries for supreme court justices, intermediate
appellate court judges, circuit court judges, and district court
judges.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.64         
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 602-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended to read as follows:
 
 3      "§602-2 Salary[,] of supreme court justices.  [Effective
 
 4 January 1, 1989, the salary of the chief justice of the supreme
 
 5 court shall be $90,699 a year and the salary of each associate
 
 6 justice of the supreme court shall be $89,699 a year.  Effective
 
 7 January 1, 1990, the salary of the chief justice of the supreme
 
 8 court shall be $94,780 a year and the salary of each associate
 
 9 justice of the supreme court shall be $93,780 a year.] (a)  The
 
10 salary of the chief justice of the supreme court shall be as
 
11 follows:
 
12      (1)  Effective July 1, 1999, the salary shall be $108,049 a
 
13           year; and
 
14      (2)  Effective July 1, 2000, the salary shall be $120,370 a
 
15           year.
 
16      (b)  The salary of each associate justice of the supreme
 
17 court shall be as follows:
 
18      (1)  Effective July 1, 1999, the salary shall be $106,909 a
 
19           year; and
 

 
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 1      (2)  Effective July 1, 2000, the salary shall be $119,100 a
 
 2           year."
 
 3      SECTION 2.  Section 602-52, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 4 amended to read as follows:
 
 5      "§602-52  Salary[.  Effective January 1, 1989, the salary of
 
 6 the chief judge of the intermediate appellate court shall be
 
 7 $87,199 a year and the salary of each associate judge shall be
 
 8 $85,699 a year.  Effective January 1, 1990, the salary of the
 
 9 chief judge of the intermediate appellate court shall be $91,280
 
10 a year and the salary of each associate judge shall be $89,780 a
 
11 year.]  of intermediate appellate court judges.  (a)  The salary
 
12 of the chief judge of the intermediate appellate court shall be
 
13 as follows:
 
14      (1)  Effective July 1, 1999, the salary shall be $104,059 a
 
15           year; and
 
16      (2)  Effective July 1, 2000, the salary shall be $115,925 a
 
17           year.
 
18      (b)  The salary of each associate judge of the intermediate
 
19 appellate court shall be as follows:
 
20      (1)  Effective July 1, 1999, the salary shall be $102,349 a
 
21           year; and
 
22      (2)  Effective July 1, 2000, the salary shall be $114,020 a
 
23           year."
 

 
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 1      SECTION 3.  Section 603-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended to read as follows:
 
 3      "§603-5 Salary of circuit court judges.  [Effective
 
 4 January 1, 1989, the salary of each circuit court judge of the
 
 5 various circuit courts of the State shall be $82,699 a year.
 
 6 Effective January 1, 1990, the salary of each circuit court judge
 
 7 of the various circuit courts of the State shall be $86,780 a
 
 8 year.]  The salary of each circuit court judge of the various
 
 9 circuit courts of the State shall be as follows:
 
10      (1)  Effective July 1, 1999, the salary shall be $98,929 a
 
11           year; and
 
12      (2)  Effective July 1, 2000, the salary shall be $110,210 a
 
13           year."
 
14      SECTION 4.  Section 604-2.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
15 amended to read as follows:
 
16      "§604-2.5  Salary of district judges.  [Effective January 1,
 
17 1989, the salary of each district court judge of the various
 
18 district courts of the State shall be $77,699 a year.  Effective
 
19 January 1, 1990, the salary of each district court judge of the
 
20 various district courts of the State shall be $81,780 a year.]
 
21 (a)  The salary of each district court judge of the various
 
22 district courts of the State shall be as follows:
 

 
 
 
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 1      (1)  Effective July 1, 1999, the salary shall be $93,229 a
 
 2           year; and
 
 3      (2)  Effective July 1, 2000, the salary shall be $103,860 a
 
 4           year.
 
 5      (b)  Whenever the chief justice appoints a district court
 
 6 judge of any of the various district courts of the State to serve
 
 7 temporarily as a circuit court judge of any of the various
 
 8 circuit courts of the State, the judge shall receive per diem
 
 9 compensation for the days on which actual service is rendered
 
10 based on the monthly rate of compensation paid to a circuit court
 
11 judge.  For the purpose of determining per diem compensation in
 
12 this section, a month shall be deemed to consist of twenty-one
 
13 days."
 
14      SECTION 5.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
15 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $          or so much
 
16 thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000 and the sum
 
17 of $          or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal
 
18 year 2000-2001 for judicial salaries.
 
19      SECTION 6.  The sums appropriated shall be expended by the
 
20 judiciary for the purposes of this Act.
 
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22      SECTION 7.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
23 New statutory material is underscored.
 

 
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 1      SECTION 8.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.
 
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 3                           INTRODUCED BY:_________________________