CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 135

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 2000

                            RE:   H.B. No. 2024
                                  H.D. 1
                                  S.D. 2
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
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. 2024, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

    "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE LEGISLATIVE
    AGENCIES,"

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) Make an appropriation for legislative agencies to fund
         retroactive salary increases and other cost adjustments
         for fiscal years 1997-1998 and 1998-1999 for officers
         and employees of the Office of the Auditor, Ethics
         Commission, Legislative Reference Bureau, and Ombudsman;

     (2) Make an appropriation for studies by the Office of the
         Auditor;


 
 
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     (3) Make an appropriation for Council of State Governments
         (CSG) dues;

     (4) Make an appropriation for the Office of Information
         Practices (OIP);

     (5) Place the Office of the Legislative Analyst with the
         Office of the Auditor for administrative purposes,
         require the Legislative Analyst to produce fiscal impact
         statements, and fund the Office of the Legislative
         Analyst; and

     (6) Repeal the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

     (1) Appropriating $125,000 for studies by the Office of the
         Auditor;

     (2) Appropriating $103,000 for CSG dues;

     (3) Deleting the retroactive pay raises for legislative
         officers and employees;

     (4) Deleting the OIP appropriation; and

     (5) Deleting the provisions related to the Office of the
         Legislative Analyst and the Joint Legislative Budget
         Committee.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your
Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your
Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 2024, 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. 2024, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the managers:

  ON THE PART OF THE SENATE          ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair           DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair


 
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ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair