CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. 78

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 1443

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. 1443, 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 fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for bargaining unit (11), firefighters, and excluded counterparts.

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

(1) Inserting specific amounts to be appropriated to cover the costs of the salary increases of the respective agencies' employees and collective bargaining cost items negotiated for collective bargaining unit 11 and excluded counterparts from both general and special funds;

(2) Adding new sections to the measure that include appropriations for all cost items provided in the arbitrated settlement for Hawaii Employer-Union Trust Fund costs for collective bargaining unit 11 and excluded counterparts;

(3) Changing the effective date from upon approval to July 1, 2003; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity 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 S.B. No. 1443, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1443, 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