CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO.167

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 1999

                            RE:   H.B. No. 1146
                                  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. 1146, S.D. 2, entitled:

    "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VITAL RECORD FEES,"

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:

     (1) Repeal the sunset date of Act 216, Session Laws of
         Hawaii 1997;

     (2) Increase from $1 to $3 the fee amount to be deposited
         into the Vital Statistics Improvement Special Fund
         (Special Fund);

     (3) Increase from $4 to $6 additional copies of certified
         birth, marriage, divorce, or death certificates; and


 
 
 
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     (4) Require that copies of certificates be provided by the
         Department of Health free of charge to native Hawaiians,
         if provided directly to the Department of Hawaiian Home
         Lands or the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in connection
         with a claim or an entitlement.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1) Deleting fee increases into the Special Fund and for
         additional copies of certificates; and

     (2) Deleting the requirement that copies of certificates be
         provided free of charge to native Hawaiians if the
         certificates are to be used in connection with a claim
         or an entitlement.

     Your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent
and purpose of H.B. No. 1146, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto
as H.B. No. 1146, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted,

MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE        MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE
           SENATE                              HOUSE
                                   
                                   
                                   
______________________________     ______________________________
SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Co-Chair     ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Co-
                                   Chair
                                   
                                   
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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair           ______________________________
                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
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ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair             ______________________________
                                   BERTHA F.K. LEONG, Member


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WHITNEY ANDERSON, Member