CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 170-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2012

RE:    H.B. No. 1968

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1968, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CIGARETTES,"

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 protect public safety by appropriating an unspecified sum out of the Reduced Ignition Propensity Cigarette Program Special Fund for a full-time administrator, a full-time assistant, and other costs to implement the reduced ignition propensity cigarette certification program.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by appropriating $400,000 for the purpose of funding one full-time administrator, one full-time assistant, and other costs.

     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. 1968, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1968, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair	____________________________ HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Co-Chair
____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair	____________________________ TY CULLEN, Co-Chair
____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Co-Chair