CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 113

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2013

RE:    H.B. No. 1430

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       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. 1430, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES,"

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 unspecified sums for the establishment and operation of a comprehensive service center for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting an appropriation amount of $400,000 for fiscal year 2013-2014 and deleting the appropriation amount for fiscal year 2014-2015; and

     (2)  Changing its 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 H.B. No. 1430, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1430, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair	____________________________ MELE CARROLL, Co-Chair
____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Co-Chair	____________________________ BERTRAND KOBAYASHI, Co-Chair