CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 153

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2007

RE:    H.B. No. 1171

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1171, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GOVERNMENT,"

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 enable the governmental needs of the public to be met in a more timely and efficient manner by exempting positions or contracts for personal services with private persons or entities lasting up to one year from civil service laws.

     Personal services positions and contracts enable the counties to fulfill necessary duties and services to the public.  Your Committee on Conference finds that making the permanent exemption of certain personal services positions and contracts with private persons or entities from civil service laws would enable the counties to meet the needs of the public in a timely and cost efficient manner.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1)  Specifying that exempted positions or contracts for personal services with private persons or entities must involve services that cost no more than $750,000;

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2007; and

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, 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 H.B. No. 1171, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1171, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair	____________________________ ALEX M. SONSON, Co-Chair
____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair	____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Co-Chair