Bill Text: HI SB1350 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relating To State Government.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-05-19 - Act 014, on 05/17/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1114). [SB1350 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2021-SB1350-Amended.html

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1350

THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO STATE GOVERNMENT.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Act 2, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020, is amended by amending section 2 to read as follows:

     "SECTION 2.  (a)  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and notwithstanding the legislature not disapproving the commission on salaries' recommendation for salary increases by adoption of a concurrent resolution in 2019, beginning on July 1, 2020, and continuing through [June 30, 2021,] December 31, 2022, the annual salaries of the governor, lieutenant governor, justices and judges of all state courts, administrative director of the State or an equivalent position, and department heads or executive officers and the deputies or assistants to the department heads or executive officers of the departments of:

     (1)  Accounting and general services;

     (2)  Agriculture;

     (3)  The attorney general;

     (4)  Budget and finance;

     (5)  Business, economic development, and tourism;

     (6)  Commerce and consumer affairs;

     (7)  Defense;

     (8)  Hawaiian home lands;

     (9)  Health;

    (10)  Human resources development;

    (11)  Human services;

    (12)  Labor and industrial relations;

    (13)  Land and natural resources;

    (14)  Public safety;

    (15)  Taxation; and

    (16)  Transportation,

shall remain at the salary rate as of June 30, 2020; provided that on [July 1, 2021,] January 1, 2023, the salaries of these positions shall be adjusted pursuant to the salary recommendations of the commission on salaries to the level they would have been on July 1, [2021,] 2022, without the delay under this Act; provided further that the salary recommendations of the commission on salaries for these positions effective July 1, [2022,] 2023, and [each year thereafter through] July 1, 2024, shall become effective on that date in accordance with the recommendations.

     (b)  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and notwithstanding the legislature not disapproving the commission on salaries' recommendation for salary increases by adoption of a concurrent resolution in 2019, beginning on January 1, 2021, and continuing through [June 30, 2021,] December 31, 2022, the annual salaries of members of the legislature shall remain at the salary rate as of June 30, 2020; provided that on [July 1, 2021,] January 1, 2023, the salaries of the legislators shall be adjusted pursuant to the salary recommendations of the commission on salaries to the level they would have been on January 1, [2021,] 2023, without the delay under this Act; provided further that the salary recommendations of the commission on salaries for legislators effective [January 1, 2022, and each year thereafter through] January 1, 2024, shall become effective on that date in accordance with the recommendations.

     (c)  This section shall not be enforced to the extent that it is preempted by federal law."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on June 29, 2021.



 

Report Title:

Deferred Salary Adjustments; State Positions

 

Description:

Extends the deferment of further implementation of the executive and judicial branch salary increases as well as planned raises for members of the legislature.  (HD2)

 

 

 

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