STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3493
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.B. No. 2625
H.D. 1
S.D. 2
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2625, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO UNIFORM STATE LAWS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for:
(1) Hawaii's contribution to the costs of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; and
(2) Registration and travel expenses for the 2006 National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws annual meeting for the Hawaii delegation that include:
(A) The Hawaii Commission to Promote Uniform Legislation;
(B) Life members of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws who volunteer their services to assist the Hawaii delegation; and
(C) The deputy attorney general assigned to the Hawaii Commission to Promote Uniform Legislation.
Your Committee finds that the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws has been working on improving state laws and interstate relationships for one hundred fourteen years. Hawaii's Commission to Promote Uniform Legislation has been a part of the national effort since 1911. The work of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws is primarily supported by payments of dues from each state, based upon the state's population. Your Committee finds that Hawaii's participation provides our State a benefit and access to valuable resources that far exceed the amount of the State's dues for 2006. Your Committee further finds that participation in the annual meeting gives Hawaii's delegation the background and information needed when the Legislature considers uniform acts.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the amount appropriated to an unspecified amount to further discussion on this issue; and
(2) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2625, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2625, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair |
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