Bill Text: HI SB1105 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Legislative Hearings; Studies and Reports

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-07-06 - (S) Vetoed on 07-06-10 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 666). [SB1105 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB1105-Amended.html

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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 72-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2010

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1105

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam and Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1105, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS AND PROCEDURES,"

 

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)  Require reports of studies and audits requested by the Legislature that are conducted by an executive department or agency, including the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, the Auditor, the Judiciary, the Legislative Reference Bureau, or the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, to be submitted to the Clerk of each House, to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chair of the applicable subject matter committee of each chamber of the Legislature, and the Legislative Reference Bureau Library; and

 

     (2)  Require that the respective Chairs of the committees to whom these reports are submitted to conduct a public hearing or informational briefing on the report.

 

     Your Committee on Conference finds that the intent of this measure is to encourage greater dissemination of the results of studies, audits, and reports that have been requested by and submitted to the Legislature by requiring the Chair of the applicable subject matter committee to follow up on these reports by conducting public hearings or informational briefings.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2010; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and 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 S.B. No. 1105, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1105, S.D. 2, 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

 

____________________________ JAMES KUNANE TOKIOKA, Co-Chair		____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair
____________________________ GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Co-Chair		____________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM, Co-Chair