CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 102

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2007

RE:    S.B. No. 1382

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam and 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. 1382, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS,"

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 appropriate funds for collective bargaining cost items for collective bargaining unit (2) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments and contributions to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund.

     Your Committee finds that the public employer has entered into agreements with the exclusive representative of bargaining units (2), (3), (4), (6), (8), and (13).  The exclusive representative has notified the public employer that their membership has ratified the agreements, and in accordance with law, the public employer has submitted the cost items to the Legislature for appropriation within ten days of the ratification.

     Your Committee has amended this measure as follows by:

     (1)  Adding collective bargaining units (3), (4), (6), (8), and (13), and their excluded counterparts for funding under this measure;

     (2)  Incorporating the funding figures agreed upon between the public employer and the exclusive representative of the bargaining units and the funding figures for their excluded counterparts; and

     (3)  Providing a separate break out of funding for the Department of Education, including the public library system.

     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. 1382, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1382, S.D. 1, 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

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