CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 141

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

RE:    H.B. No. 126

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 126, S.D. 1, 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 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 in this measure;

     (2)  Clarifying that appropriation amounts are for fiscal biennium 2015-2017; and

     (3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2015.

     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. 126, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 126, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair	____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Co-Chair
____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Co-Chair	____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair