CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.29-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 1730

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

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. 1730, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DRIVERS EDUCATION FUND UNDERWRITERS FEE,"

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 raise the drivers education fund underwriters fee and reallocate the fee between the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs for driver education and traffic safety programs.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Specifying that $1 per registration fee shall be allocated to the Insurance Commissioner to be expended for the operation of the drivers education program provided in section 286-128(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS);

(2) Specifying that $2 per registration fee shall be allocated to the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs for the drivers education program administered by the Department of Education (DOE) and the traffic safety education program established and administered by DOE pursuant to section 302A-417, HRS;

(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2002; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, 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. 1730, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1730, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, 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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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Co-Chair

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair

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KEN ITO, Co-Chair

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WILLIE C. ESPERO, Co-Chair