CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 2

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 2000

                            RE:   H.B. No. 2514
                                  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. 2514, S.D. 2, entitled:

    "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE,"

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 clarify the law with respect
to the interests of the Department of Human Services (Department)
when it asserts its claims against a decedent's estate pursuant
to sections 346-15 and 346-37, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS).

     After careful consideration, your Committee on Conference
has amended this bill by:

     (1) Adding section 346-15, HRS, to the requirement under
         which a person with tangible or intangible property
         belonging to a decedent turn that property over to a
         successor or to the Department where the Department has

 
 
 
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         a claim against the estate pursuant to section 346-37,
         HRS; and

     (2) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity and
         consistency.

     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. 2514, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
2514, 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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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Co-Chair     DENNIS ARAKAKI, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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JONATHAN CHUN, Co-Chair            MICHAEL KAHIKINA, Co-Chair