It would violate the state constitution. Paul Curtis has a related piece in the Garden Island this morning -
Article XVI; Section [3.5]. There shall be a commission on salaries as provided by law, which shall review and recommend salaries for the justices and judges of all state courts, members of the legislature, department heads or executive officers of the executive departments and the deputies or assistants to department heads of the executive departments as provided by law, excluding the University of Hawaii and the department of education....
Any salary established pursuant to this section shall not be decreased during a term of office, unless by general law applying to all salaried officers of the State.
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It's good to be the king.
I wondered about this line from the story:
Kitagawa said annual salaries of justices and judges were reduced by 5 percent this year by the state Legislature
I didn't pay attention at the time. Was that a general law applying to all salaried officers of the State? Or was it a salary not established pursuant to Article XVI? I dunno.
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