Bill Text: HI HB696 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Lieutenant Governor; Allowance for Expenses

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-04-26 - Act 051, 4/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1151). [HB696 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2013-HB696-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 958

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 696

       H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 696, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide, for a Lieutenant Governor whose legal residence is on a neighbor island, an allowance for expenses that is separate from and in addition to the salary of the Lieutenant Governor to cover personal expenses incurred in the performance of official duties that require overnight stays within the State, but not on the island of the Lieutenant Governor's island of residence.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of the Governor, Department of the Attorney General, and three individuals.  Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that high-ranking state officials are required to spend much of their time at the State Capitol in Honolulu.  This measure ensures fairness by providing an opportunity for any person in the State, regardless of the island of the person's residence, to perform the duties of the Lieutenant Governor without the disadvantage of unfunded expenses incurred due to the performance of official duties on other islands in the State.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 696, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

 

		____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair