CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 83

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2007

RE:    H.B. No. 1322

       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. 1322, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE LICENSING,"

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 improve insurance licensing by:

(1)  Reestablishing the limited line motor vehicle rental company producer's license issuance fee and services fee; and

(2)  Eliminating the requirement that licensed adjusters and independent bill reviewers must maintain a place of business in Hawaii.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that this measure seeks to improve the insurance licensing operations of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs by:

(1)  Amending the insurance licensing statutes to reestablish fees that were inadvertently deleted in previous legislation; and

(2)  Bringing greater consistency to the insurance licensing laws by making the place-of-business requirements for insurance adjusters and independent bill reviewers similar to those for insurance producers.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

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

     (2)  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. 1322, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1322, 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

____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair	____________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Co-Chair
____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair	____________________________ JAMES KUNANE TOKIOKA, Co-Chair