STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2939

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2599

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2599, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to limit the salaries of Executive Branch employees to amounts designated in the budget enacted by the Legislature or other legislative enactments.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Human Resources Development.

Your Committee finds that limiting salaries to amounts specifically authorized by the Legislature will uphold legislative intent, promote transparency, and increase fiscal responsibility.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2599, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair