CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 162

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2017

RE:    H.B. No. 110

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

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. 110, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT 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 fund Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund costs and other cost adjustments for legislative officers and employees of specified legislative agencies who are excluded from collective bargaining.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting the appropriate appropriation amounts; and

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2017.

     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. 110, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 110, H.D. 1, 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

____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN Chair	____________________________ AARON LING JOHANSON Co-Chair
____________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA Co-Chair	____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE Co-Chair