CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 102-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2008

RE:    S.B. No. 2840

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

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. 2840, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY,"

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 measure is to require the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish and update biennially a self-sufficiency standard.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Adopting the Senate Bill No. 2840, House Draft 1 version, which places into Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) section 201-3, the requirement that the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT) submit reports to the Legislature beginning with the Regular Session of 2009, and every odd-numbered year thereafter;

     (2)  Changing the measure's effective date to July 1, 2008;

     (3)  Removing the appropriation section;

     (4)  Placing the section requiring DBEDT to make recommendations to the Legislature regarding the utilization of federal funding for establishing and updating the self-sufficiency standard into the amendment made to HRS section 201-3, and deleting the language that requires DBEDT to advise the Legislature periodically on the same subject, and the language that referenced Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Workforce Investment Act funds as potential federal funding sources; and

     (5)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity 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 S.B. No. 2840, 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. 2840, S.D. 2, 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

____________________________ KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Co-Chair	____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair
____________________________ MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Co-Chair	____________________________ CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair
____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Co-Chair	____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair