Bill Text: HI HB136 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Legislative Allowance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [HB136 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HB136-Amended.html
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
H.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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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 24-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§24-1 Allowance for incidental expenses. (a)
Each member of the legislature shall receive an annual allowance of
$7,500[, which amount is] to cover incidental expenses connected with
legislative duties [and the amount], which shall be payable in [a]
the manner prescribed by the respective rules of each house; provided
that when the legislative salary is increased, the legislative allowance shall
be increased by the same percentage.
(b)
Each house of the legislature shall post on the legislature's website,
on an annual basis and in a manner prescribed by the respective rules of each
house, a report of the legislative allowance expenditures for each member 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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.
Report Title:
Ethics Commission Package; Legislative Allowance; Rules; Reporting
Description:
Requires each house of the legislature to post a report of the legislative allowance expenditures for each member of the respective house on the legislature's website. (HD1)
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
