Bill Text: HI SB1174 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Legislative Allowance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-27 - Referred to GVO, WAM. [SB1174 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2017-SB1174-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to legislative allowance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 24-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§24-2 Allowance for non-Oahu
legislator during session. A member of the legislature whose legal
residence is on an island other than Oahu shall receive an additional allowance
to cover all personal expenses such as board, lodging, and incidental expenses
but not travel expenses. The allowance under this section shall be set at a
single rate that [will:
(1) Not exceed the greater of the maximum
allowance for such expenses payable to any public officer or employee of the
federal government or the State;
(2) Be reasonably calculated to cover the
expenses specified in this section; and
(3) Be determined jointly by the president
of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives for the
legislature as a whole.]
is equal to the federal Department of Defense flat rate per diem amount for the island of Oahu for temporary duty assignments of thirty-one to one hundred eighty days.
The allowance shall be paid to each member at the rate prescribed for each day, from the first to the last day of each session, including Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and days of recess pursuant to the mandatory recess required by article III, section 10, of the Constitution or a concurrent resolution, except for days of recess when a session of the legislature is recessed for more than three days pursuant to a concurrent resolution and for days of unexcused absence of the member from a meeting of the respective house."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Legislative Allowance; Flat Rate Per Diem
Description:
Specifies that the per diem legislative allowance for legislators who reside on an island other than Oahu shall be equal to the federal Department of Defense flat rate per diem amount for temporary duty on Oahu.
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