CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 99-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2016

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2121

       H.D. 3

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sirs:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2121, H.D. 3, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LEGAL 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 funds to the Judiciary to purchase civil legal services for low- and moderate-income persons.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting an appropriation amount of $750,000 for the Judiciary to purchase civil legal services for low- and moderate-income persons;

 

     (2)  Requiring the appropriation to be used pursuant to section 7 of Act 138, Session Laws of Hawaii 2015; and

 

     (3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2016.

 

     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. 2121, H.D. 3, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2121, H.D. 3, 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

 

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GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair

 

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DEE MORIKAWA, Co-Chair

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Co-Chair

 

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KARL RHOADS, Co-Chair

 

 

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BERTRAND KOBAYASHI, Co-Chair