CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 76

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2017

RE:    S.B. No. 572

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 572, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INFORMATION PRACTICES,"

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 authorize the Office of Information Practices, rather than individual government agencies, to adopt administrative rules regarding agency record protection responsibilities for all state and county agencies that are subject to the Uniform Information Practices Act to uniformly follow and implement.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that existing law authorizes each agency to individually adopt administrative rules to protect agency records and prevent manifestly excessive interference with agency duties.  This measure promotes uniformity among agencies that are subject to the Uniform Information Practices Act by authorizing the Office of Information Practices to adopt rules that establish a single standard for agencies to follow.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the 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 S.B. No. 572, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 572, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO Chair

____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN Chair