CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.103-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 2276

H.D. 2

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. 2276, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING,"

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 provide that except for cost items and any non-cost items that are tied to or bargained against cost items, all provisions in the agreement that are in conformance with this chapter shall be valid and enforceable and shall be effective as specified in the agreement.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2002.

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. 2276, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2276, H.D. 2, 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

____________________________ BOB NAKATA, Co-Chair		____________________________ SCOTT K. SAIKI, Co-Chair
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair		____________________________ BOB NAKASONE, Co-Chair