Bill Text: HI SB81 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Hawaii Public Housing Authority; Personnel; Salaries
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-17 - Referred to HMS/JDL, WAM. [SB81 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2013-SB81-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the hawaii public housing authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 26-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
"(d) The Hawaii public housing authority
and the Hawaii state commission on the status of women are placed within the
department of human services for administrative purposes only[.];
provided that section 26-35(a)(1), (5), and (6) shall not apply to the Hawaii
public housing authority."
SECTION 2. Section 356D-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§356D-2[]] Hawaii
public housing authority; establishment, staff. (a) There is established
the Hawaii public housing authority to be placed within the department of human
services for administrative purposes only[.], except as provided in
section 26-14(d). The authority shall be a public body and a body corporate
and politic.
(b) The authority shall employ, exempt from
chapter 76 and section 26-35(a)(4), an executive director [and],
an executive assistant[. The executive director shall be paid a salary not
to exceed eighty-five per cent of the salary of the director of human resources
development. The executive assistant shall be paid a salary not to exceed
ninety per cent of the executive director's salary.], and other key
executive management personnel whose qualifications shall require public housing
experience, who shall be paid salaries not to exceed compensation limitations
imposed by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The authority may employ, subject to chapter 76, technical experts and
officers, agents, and employees, permanent or temporary, as required. The
authority may also employ officers, agents, and employees; prescribe their
duties and qualifications; and fix their salaries, not subject to chapter 76,
when in the determination of the authority, the services to be performed are
unique and essential to the execution of the functions of the authority;
provided that if the authority hires an officer, agent, or employee in a
capacity not subject to chapter 76, the authority shall include in an annual
report to the legislature, to be submitted not later than twenty days prior to
the convening of each regular session, the position descriptions and reasons
for hiring the personnel in a civil service exempt capacity. The authority may
call upon the attorney general for legal services as it may require. The
authority may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees the powers and
duties it deems proper. The employment of all officers, agents, and
employees shall be exempt from section 26-35(a)(4)."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Hawaii Public Housing Authority; Personnel; Salaries
Description:
Exempts the Hawaii public housing authority from section 26‑35(a)(1), (5), and (6), HRS. Authorizes the authority to hire, exempt from chapter 76, HRS, and section 26-35(a)(4), HRS, other key executive management personnel whose qualifications require public housing experience. Requires that the salaries of the executive director, executive assistant, and other key executive management personnel shall not be greater than compensation limitations imposed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Exempts other personnel from section 26-35(a)(4), HRS.
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