CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 8-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2018

RE:    H.B. No. 1652

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

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. 1652, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS,"

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)  Abolish certain non-general funds and transfer the unencumbered balances to the general fund;

     (2)  Establish end of the fiscal year carryover balances for various non-general funds within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; and

     (3)  Increase the deduction for central services expenses from five to seven percent.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Abolishing only the following funds recommended by the Auditor in Auditor's Report No. 17-10:

          (A)  Est/adm license and permit tobacco and cigarette special fund;

          (B)  IRS refund intercept trust account;

          (C)  Special enforcement section collections trust account; and

          (D)  Taxes payable to counties - fuel trust accounts;

     (2)  Removing the establishment of end of the fiscal year carryover balances for various non-general funds within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs;

     (3)  Reinstating the five percent deduction for central services expenses; and

     (4)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2018.

     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. 1652, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1652, 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	____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE Chair
____________________________ BRICKWOOD GALUTERIA Co-Chair
____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER Co-Chair