CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. 29
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: H.B. No. 1303
S.D. 1
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
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. 1303, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS,"
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 laws relating to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) by:
(1) Providing that the salary of the administrator of OHA shall not be less than the salary of a department head or an executive officer and not more than the salary of the Governor; and
(2) Requiring OHA, like any other state agency, to reimburse the State for contributions made by the State to the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund (Trust Fund).
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting the salary provisions relating to OHA's administrator;
(2) Deleting the provision that specifically amends section 87A-39, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), requiring OHA to reimburse the State for contributions made by the State to the Trust Fund;
(3) Defining "state agency" for purposes of chapter 87A, HRS, relating to the Trust Fund, to include OHA; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and consistency.
Your Committee on Conference notes that this measure, as reported out, includes OHA in the definition of "state agency" established under the Trust Fund law. As a result, references to state agencies throughout chapter 87A, HRS, will apply to OHA as well as the other state agencies. More specifically, this measure will require OHA, like the other state agencies, to reimburse the State for contributions made by the State to the Trust Fund.
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. 1303, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1303, S.D. 1, 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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____________________________ COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair |
____________________________ EZRA KANOHO, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Co-Chair |