CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 42
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2015
RE: H.B. No. 26
H.D. 1
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. 26, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION OF TRUSTEES,"
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.
(1) Specifies that banks, trust companies, and individuals who in the ordinary course of business serve as fiduciaries shall, when serving as trustee, be entitled to reasonable compensation;
(2) Clarifies that advanced written notice of any amendment of trustee bank and trust company fee schedules shall be provided to beneficiaries who are vested at the time of the notice;
(3) Amends and specifies for clarity the method of calculating compensation for individual co-trustees;
(4) Specifies that trustees shall be paid not more than once per quarter and are not required to be paid upon the trust's receipt of income; and
(5) Repeals the cost of living adjustment of the asset value ranges upon which trustee compensation is calculated.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure to:
(1) Take effect upon its approval; and
(2) Make technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity.
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. 26, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 26, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair |
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____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Co-Chair
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____________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair
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