CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO.149

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 1999

                            RE:   H.B. No. 1095
                                  H.D. 1
                                  S.D. 2
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate
in H.B. No. 1095, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

    "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE REVIEW OF THE SALARIES OF
    THE TRUSTEES OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to restart the four-year cycle
for the process to review the salaries for the trustees of the
Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

     Your Committee finds that Act 358, Session Laws of Hawaii
1993, originally set forth a scheme in which a salary commission
for the trustees would be appointed by the Governor by November
30, 1996, and every four years thereafter.  The commission would
then submit recommendations regarding salary increases during the
next regular session of the Legislature.  Unfortunately, the
salary commission was never appointed.

 
 
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     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1) Inserting a new date for the deadline to appoint the
         salary commission; and

     (2) Requiring a report to be made to the Legislature by the
         twentieth day of the regular session of 2000 and every
         four years thereafter.

     Your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent
and purpose of H.B. No. 1095, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached
hereto as H.B. No. 1095, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted,

MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE        MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE
           SENATE                              HOUSE
                                   
                                   
                                   
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COLLEEN HANABUSA, Co-Chair         PAUL T. OSHIRO, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair             EZRA R. KANOHO, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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JONATHAN CHUN, Member              ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Member
                                   
                                   
                                   
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BRIAN KANNO, Member                MICHAEL PUAMAMO KAHIKINA,
                                   Member
                                   
                                   
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BOB NAKATA, Member                 BARBARA MARUMOTO, Member



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JOSEPH TANAKA, Member

 
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WHITNEY ANDERSON, Member