CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 99-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2012

RE:    S.B. No. 2813

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2813, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DISABILITY AND COMMUNICATION ACCESS BOARD SPECIAL FUND,"

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 authorize the use of monies in the disability and communication access board special fund to defray, rather than cover, costs of administering chapter 348F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and directing all monies collected as application fees or fees for continuing education units for the credentialing of interpreters to be deposited into the special fund.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that with the decline of available general funds, the Disability and Communication Access Board is exploring other forms of revenue generation.  This measure will broaden the funding sources for the disability and communication access board special fund, giving the Board additional means to defray costs of administering chapter 348F, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the effective date from July 1, 2030, to July 1, 2012.

     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. 2813, 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. 2813, 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

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Co-Chair	____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair
____________________________ MARILYN B. LEE, Co-Chair	____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair