CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 67

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2009

RE:    S.B. No. 914

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

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. 914, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE,"

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 conform certain provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to recent changes in federal regulation by:

     (1)  Adding definitions for "non-work eligible household", "work eligible household", and "other work eligible household", and deleting the definition of "exempt household"; and

     (2)  Amending section 346-53, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to incorporate the new definitions.

     Your Committee finds that this is a housekeeping measure to bring Hawaii law in conformity with the terminology used in the Code of Federal Regulations relating to the TANF program.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for consistency; and

     (2)  Amending the effective date to July 1, 2009.

     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. 914, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 914, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Co-Chair	____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair
____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Co-Chair	____________________________ SHAN S. TSUTSUI, Co-Chair