REPORT TITLE: 
Legis. agencies (short form)


DESCRIPTION:
Making an appropriation to the legislative agencies (short
form).


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     A BILL FOR AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that Act 138, SLH 1999,
 
 2 included an appropriation for pay adjustments for certain
 
 3 excluded legislative officers and employees, as provided under
 
 4 section 89C-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  While the Act authorized
 
 5 adjustments for FY 1998-1999, FY 1999-2000, and FY 2000-2001, the
 
 6 effective date of the Act, July 1, 1999 (FY 1999-2000), negated
 
 7 the FY 1998-1999 authorization.  Consequently, the retroactive
 
 8 pay adjustments for FY 1998-1999 were not paid to the employees
 
 9 and the appropriation lapsed to the general fund.
 
10      The legislature further finds that it is desirable and
 
11 necessary for the officers and employees of the legislative
 
12 agencies to maintain parity with other state employees, based on
 
13 settlements for collectively bargained agreements with the
 
14 exclusive representatives of bargaining units 3, 4, and 13.  
 
15      The purpose of this Act is to reauthorize and reappropriate
 
16 the funds required to pay the FY 1998-1999 pay adjustments for
 
17 these legislative agency employees.
 
18      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
19 revenues of the State of Hawaii to the legislative agencies
 
20 indicated below the following sums or so much thereof as may be
 

 
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 1 necessary to fund the retroactive salary increases and other cost
 
 2 adjustments for fiscal year 1998-1999, authorized by chapter 89C,
 
 3 Hawaii Revised Statutes, for officers and employees of these
 
 4 agencies excluded from collective bargaining:
 
 5      Office of the state auditor          $65,633
 
 6      Ethics commission                    $22,644
 
 7      Legislative reference bureau         $79,512
 
 8      Office of the ombudsman              $34,321
 
 9      SECTION 3.  The sums appropriated shall be expended by the
 
10 respective heads of the legislative agencies.  Sums appropriated
 
11 that are not expended or encumbered by June 30, 2001, shall lapse
 
12 as of that date.
 
13      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2000.