CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 83

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2013

RE:    S.B. No. 997

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 2

       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. 997, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC ARCHIVES,"

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 enable the Department of Accounting and General Services to address the management of the State Archives and protection of electronic records of enduring value by:

     (1)  Clarifying the duties of the State Archivist;

     (2)  Establishing the state archives preservation and long-term access special fund;

     (3)  Establishing a state archives preservation fee for each document filed or registered by the public with a governmental entity and listed as permanent; and

     (4)  Requiring all fees collected by the State Archives to be deposited into the state archives preservation and long-term access special fund.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting a state archives preservation fee amount of $1; and

     (2)  Inserting an effective date of 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. 997, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 997, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Co-Chair	____________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair
____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair	____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Co-Chair
	____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Co-Chair