CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. -0 37-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 2248
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
C.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
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. 2248, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SOLICITATION OF FUNDS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES,"
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 bill is to require professional solicitors to disclose to contributors whether a donation will be tax deductible, and to allow the Attorney General to suspend or revoke the registration of a charitable organization, professional fundraising counsel, or professional solicitor when the registrant has failed to file or completely file a financial report as required.
This bill also:
(1) Adopts clarifying amendments to the definitions of "contribution," "professional fundraising counsel," and "professional solicitor";
(2) Deems a professional fundraising counsel to be a professional solicitor if the fundraising counsel's compensation is related to the amount of contributions received;
(3) Provides a person, aggrieved by the Attorney General's action refusing to register, or revoking or suspending a registration, with the right to notice of the Attorney General's action and the right to request a hearing to review that action; and
(3) Allows the attorney general to adopt rules to provide for the extension of filing deadlines and the electronic filing of required registration statements, contracts, forms, and reports.
Your Committee has amended this bill by making it effective 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. 2248, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2248, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair |
____________________________ RON MENOR, Chair |
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____________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Co-Chair |
____________________________ COLLEEN HANABUSA, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
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