CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 90-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 3002

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

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. 3002, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES,"

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) Authorize the State Librarian to designate one or more public library employees to be notaries public; and

(2) Allow designated employees to perform as notaries public in government service for fees that will be deposited into the library fee for enhanced services special fund.

Your Committee on Conference finds that the Hawaii State Public Library System staff have received requests for notary services, particularly in rural areas of the State. Authorizing the State Librarian to designate one or more public library employees to be notaries public and allowing public libraries to charge a fee for performing notary services will help assist in providing this much needed service to the public and provide a new source of revenues for the library fee for enhanced services special fund.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by 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 S.B. No. 3002, 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. 3002, 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

____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON Co-Chair	____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI Chair
____________________________ TY J.K. CULLEN Co-Chair