Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2223 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate $35,500 for Hawaii's contribution in the form of state dues to the costs of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.

The funds are also to be used for the registration and travel expenses for Hawaii's Commission to Promote Uniform Legislation of the Department of the Attorney General, and the assigned Deputy Attorney General to attend the 2002 annual meeting of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.

Your Committee finds that the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, as a state service organization, depends upon state appropriations for its continued operation. All states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands are asked to contribute a specific amount, based on population, for the maintenance of that organization, and each state commission requests an amount to cover its travel to the annual meeting.

Your Committee finds that the work of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, which includes the development of many uniform laws adopted by Hawaii, including the Uniform Commercial Code, the Uniform Probate Code, and the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, cannot be accomplished independently by a small state such as Hawaii. Continued support of and participation in the National Conference by this State is essential to continue the work of drafting and revising uniform laws concerning matters of state interest.

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2223, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2223, S.D. 1.