CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 110

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2013

RE:    H.B. No. 928

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

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. 928, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CERTAIN FUNDS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS,"

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 clarify that certain funds of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations are trust funds.  More specifically, this measure renames the following funds as trust funds:

(1)  The unemployment compensation fund, established pursuant to section 383-121, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS);

(2)  The special compensation fund, established pursuant to section 386-151, HRS;

(3)  The special fund for disability benefits, established pursuant to section 392-61, HRS; and

(4)  The special premium supplementation fund, established pursuant to section 393-41, HRS.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing references to "legislative auditor" to "state auditor";

(2)  Making conforming amendments to sections 36-27(a) and 36-30(a), HRS, to remove references to the unemployment compensation fund since these sections refer specifically to special funds; and

(3)  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. 928, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 928, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair	____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Co-Chair
____________________________ RONALD D. KOUCHI, Co-Chair	____________________________ MARK J. HASHEM, Co-Chair