CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.52
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 118
H.D. 3
S.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
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. 118, H.D. 3, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FAMILY CHILD CARE,"
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 support and encourage the growth of the family child care home industry by:
(1) Extending the time period in which family child care homes located within townhouses have to notify their respective associations;
(2) Requiring operators of family child care homes to assume the responsibility for all physical modifications to the unit and common areas of the family child care home that are readily achievable;
(3) Clarifying the extent to which a family child care home is subject to the respective association's declarations, by-laws, or rules;
(4) Eliminating unnecessary notarization requirements;
(5) Setting a coverage limit of $1,000,000 in liability insurance for a family child care provider; and
(6) Changing the repeal date of the family child care home law to June 30, 2005.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:
(1) Clarifying the number of children four years of age or younger in Hawaii; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.
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. 118, H.D. 3, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 118, H.D. 3, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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____________________________ DAVID M. MATSUURA, Chair |
____________________________ MICHAEL P. KAHIKINA, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ RON MENOR, Co-Chair |
____________________________ KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BERTHA C. KAWAKAMI, Co-Chair |