CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 153

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

RE:    H.B. No. 461

       S.D. 2

       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. 461, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION PRACTICES,"

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 transfer administrative responsibility for the Office of Information Practices (Office) from the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to the Department of Accounting and General Services, including:

     (1)  Establishing the Office as a permanent agency; and

     (2)  Clarifying the independence of the Office pursuant to the transfer, including the employment status of the Office's personnel.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the effective date of all sections except section 5 to July 1, 2016.

     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. 461, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 461, 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

____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair	____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair
____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Co-Chair