CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. 57

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 1460

S.D. 1

H.D. 2

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. 1460, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BY THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY,"

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 require the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) to include in its contracts certain provisions to ensure accountability and efficient use of public funds, and to require that intellectual property arising from works for hire contracted by the HTA become the intellectual property of the State.

Your Committee on Conference finds that enacting contract requirements into statute, though unusual, is the best means of ensuring the accountability and efficient use of public funds in future contracts even though the current executive director of the HTA has strived to include these provisions in all HTA contracts.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Replacing language in the new section 201B-   (a), with language from the Senate Draft 2 version to clarify that the required contract provisions are to ensure accountability and efficient use of public funds and are provisions that a reasonably prudent person would expect in a contract; and

(2) Changing the effective date to upon approval.

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. 1460, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1460, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

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JERRY CHANG, Co-Chair

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair

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JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Co-Chair