CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 167

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2013

RE:    S.B. No. 909

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

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS,"

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 appropriate funds for Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund costs contained in the agreement negotiated with the exclusive bargaining representative for the public employees in bargaining unit (13) and their excluded counterparts belonging to the same compensation plans for fiscal biennium 2013-2015.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that this measure is necessary to provide a legislative vehicle to fund the aforementioned cost items.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1)  Adding additional sections to appropriate funds for salary increases;

(2)  Inserting funding provisions for collective bargaining cost items for state employees in collective bargaining unit (13), and their excluded counterparts, who are assigned to the Judiciary and Hawaii Health Systems Corporation;

(3)  Earmarking amounts appropriated to the Department of Education for its employees;

(4)  Inserting specific amounts and additional means of financing categories from which moneys are appropriated or authorized to be used for the purposes of this measure; and

(5)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2013. 

     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. 909, 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. 909, 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

____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Co-Chair	____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair
____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair	____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair