CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.51

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 295

H.D. 2

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 295, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING,"

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 bill is to assist citizen-soldiers by facilitating the process for restoring the professional or vocational license of a member of the Hawaii National Guard, regular military, or military reserves whose license has expired, been forfeited, or deemed delinquent while the member is on active duty and deployed during a state or national crisis.

After careful consideration, your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

(1) Removing the provision that extends the time for attorneys to renew their licenses; and

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2005.

The Judiciary informed your Committee on Conference that the provision relating to attorneys was unnecessary, because a law license does not have an expiration date.

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. 295, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 295, H.D. 2, 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

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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair

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KEN ITO, Co-Chair

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RON MENOR, Co-Chair

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KENNETH HIRAKI, Co-Chair

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SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair

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PONO CHONG, Co-Chair