CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 20

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2013

RE:    S.B. No. 1118

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

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. 1118, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY,"

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 Hawaii Public Housing Authority Board of Directors to set the salaries, none of which shall exceed the Governor's salary, of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority Executive Director, Executive Assistant, Chief Financial Management Advisor, Property Management Branch Chief, Chief Planner, and Redevelopment Officer.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that the Hawaii Public Housing Authority, including the salaries of Authority employees, is funded primarily through federal funding or rental receipts.  Existing state law establishing the salaries of key employees inhibits the hiring of qualified personnel with skills and expertise that would assist the Authority in fulfilling its duties and responsibilities.  Not only will this measure enable the Authority to attract and retain qualified personnel, it will allow the Authority's Board of Directors to satisfy federal requirements, including providing certification to the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development that the salary of the executive director was established pursuant to a mandatory comparable salary study.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the effective date to upon approval.

     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. 1118, 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. 1118, 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

____________________________ RIDA T.R. CABANILLA, Co-Chair	____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair
____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Co-Chair	____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Co-Chair
____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Co-Chair