CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 92-08
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2008
RE: H.B. No. 2272
H.D. 2
S.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Fourth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2008
State of Hawaii
Honorable Colleen Hanabusa
President of the Senate
Twenty-Fourth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2008
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. 2272, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO QUALIFIED COMMUNITY REHABILITATION PROGRAMS,"
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 assist programs that employ persons with disabilities by:
(1) Providing a civil service exemption for contracts with qualified community rehabilitation programs for building, custodial, and grounds maintenance services lasting no longer than a year, and costing no more than $1,000,000; and
(2) Requiring the Department of Human Resources Development to report annually to the Legislature on qualified community rehabilitation programs expenditures and related activities.
Qualified community rehabilitation programs enable workers with disabilities to become contributing members of Hawaii's communities and provide much needed employment opportunities to the most underemployed and unemployed segment of Hawaii's population. However, contracts with these organizations often exceed the $750,000 limit on contracts that are exempt from Hawaii's Civil Service Law.
As these qualified community rehabilitation programs represent a very small and limited number of agencies in Hawaii, raising the exemption limit for these contracts seems reasonable. However, your Committee on Conference believes that raising the cost limit to $1,000,000 is a bit high and that $850,000 is a more acceptable compromise.
Accordingly, your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the exemption from contracts that do not exceed $1,000,000 to contracts that do not exceed $850,000; 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. 2272, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2272, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair |
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____________________________ ALEX M. SONSON, Co-Chair |
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ SHARON E. HAR, Co-Chair |
____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair |
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