CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. 129

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 1438

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1438, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS,"

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 measure is to provide fund authorization and appropriation for collective bargaining items for Unit 1 and their excluded counterparts.

Upon further consideration, your Committee on Conference has amended the measure by:

(1) Changing the language to fund Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund (EUTF) costs for employees of collective bargaining unit (1) and excluded counterparts instead of all collective bargaining cost items or salary increases and all collective bargaining cost items;

(2) Inserting specific amounts to be appropriated to fund the EUTF costs negotiated for collective bargaining unit (1) and excluded counterparts from the general fund;

(3) Deleting Parts II, IV, and V;

(4) Renaming Part III to Part II, including the renumbering of Sections 5 and 6 to Section 3 and 4, respectively;

(5) Renaming Part VI to Part III, including the renumbering of Sections 11, 12, and 13 to Sections 5, 6, and 7, respectively; and

(6) Changing the effective date of the Act to July 1, 2003.

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 S.B. No. 1438, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1438, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Co-Chair		____________________________ BRIAN KANNO, Chair
____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Co-Chair		____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair