CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 159

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

RE:    S.B. No. 1083

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

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. 1083, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 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 appropriate funds for collective bargaining cost items, salary adjustments, and other cost adjustments for public employees in collective bargaining unit (8) and their excluded counterparts for fiscal biennium 2015-2017.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that the Hawaii Government Employees Association and the public employers executed a supplemental agreement concerning collective bargaining unit (8).  This measure provides costs item amounts for appropriation.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by adopting language submitted by the Governor that:

     (1)  Deletes language that appropriates unspecified amounts for salary adjustments and other cost adjustments for public employees in collective bargaining unit (8) and their excluded counterparts for fiscal biennium 2015-2017;

     (2)  Inserts language that appropriates specific amounts for health premium payments for public employees in collective bargaining unit (8) and their excluded counterparts for fiscal biennium 2015-2017; and

     (3)  Makes technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     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. 1083, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1083, S.D. 1, 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

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