CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 47-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2014

RE:    S.B. No. 2682

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

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. 2682, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS,"

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:

     (1)  Establish that the financial disclosure statements of members of certain state boards, commissions, and agencies are public records and available for inspection and duplication; and

     (2)  Limit the income source of the spouse or dependent child of an individual whose financial disclosure statement is a public record to the name and not the address of the business or other qualifying sources of income.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that members of the public, especially those who are involved with and may be impacted by a board or commission member's action, are able to identify and raise concerns about possible conflicts of interest.  This measure increases public disclosure to assist in identifying possible conflicts of interest among certain board or commission members.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting the Hawaii Labor Relations Board and Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board from the list of a state boards, commissions, and agencies of which the financial disclosure statements of those members are public records and available for inspection and duplication; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     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. 2682, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2682, S.D. 1, 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	____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair
____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Co-Chair	____________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Co-Chair