CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 118

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 1999

                            RE:   S.B. No. 1499
                                  S.D. 1
                                  H.D. 2
                                  C.D. 1




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

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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives
in S.B. No. 1499, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:  

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE RANDOLPH-SHEPPARD
     REVOLVING ACCOUNT," 

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 measure is to allow the State Committee
of Blind Vendors (Vendors) to hire outside counsel and to
establish financial procedures to increase the flexibility of
Vendors to expend moneys in the Randolph-Sheppard revolving
account (Account).

     Upon further consideration, your Committee on Conference has
amended this measure by:

     (1)  Adding a purpose section;


 
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     (2)  Clarifying the provision allowing the Vendors to hire
          outside attorneys by:

          (A)  Inserting "Notwithstanding section 28-8.3"; and

          (B)  Adding that in some instances a court must first
               determine that representation by the attorney
               general is directly adverse to another client or
               to the attorney general;

     (3)  Adding a conforming amendment to section 28-8.3, Hawaii
          Revised Statutes, relating to specifying state agencies
          that can hire outside counsel;

     (4)  Clarifying that income from vending operations, such as
          operations at an airport, shall be deposited into the
          Account;

     (5)  Inserting an amount of $30,000 that the Vendors can
          spend each year from the Account;

     (6)  Deleting the proviso prohibiting the use of the $30,000
          to hire private attorneys;

     (7)  Clarifying that the transfer of the $30,000 shall not
          affect the expenditure of funds from the Account by the
          Department of Human Services; and

     (8)  Making an appropriation of $30,000 from the Account to
          the subaccount, to be expended for purposes of the
          Account.

     Your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent
and purpose of S.B. No. 1499, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 1499, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted,

MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE        MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE
            HOUSE                             SENATE
                                   
                                   
                                   
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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Co-Chair        SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Co-Chair

 
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MICHAEL PUAMAMO KAHIKINA, Co-Chair CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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KENNY GOODENOW, Member             ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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DAVID D. STEGMAIER, Member         WHITNEY ANDERSON, Member



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DAVID A. PENDLETON, Member


 
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