CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 148-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2556

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

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. 2556, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES EXCLUDED FROM COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS,"

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 appropriate funds for the salary increases and other cost adjustments authorized by chapter 89C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for officers and employees excluded from collective bargaining in the Office of the Auditor, the Hawaii State Ethics Commission, the Office of the Legislative Reference Bureau, and the Office of the Ombudsman for the fiscal year 2004-2005.

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

(1) Inserting specific amounts to be appropriated to cover salary increases and other cost adjustments authorized by chapter 89C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for officers and employees excluded from collective bargaining in the Office of the Auditor, the Office of the Legislative Reference Bureau, and the Office of the Ombudsman;

(2) Removing the inclusion of an appropriation for the Hawaii State Ethics Commission; and

(3) Changing the effective date of the Act from July 1, 2010, to July 1, 2004.

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. 2556, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2556, 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, Co-Chair
____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Co-Chair		____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair