CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 124

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1009

       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. 1009, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SERVICE CHARGES,"

 

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 and intent of this measure is to ensure that hotels either distribute porterage service charges to employees in full or notify customers that service charges are being used for other purposes.

 

     Your Committee on Conference finds that consumers should know whether or not, and to what extent, the money they pay hotels in porterage service charges is being paid to employees.  When a hotel charges service charges to customers, customers may believe that those charges are being paid to employees as tip income; however, this is not necessarily the case, and this information could influence whether or not a consumer chooses to use porterage services.  Therefore, your Committee on Conference finds that it should be transparent to consumers how hotels distribute porterage service charges.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of upon approval.

 

     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. 1009, 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. 1009, 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

 

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TOM BROWER, Co-Chair

 

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GILBERT KAHELE, Chair

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Co-Chair

 

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GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Co-Chair

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JAMES KUNANE TOKIOKA, Co-Chair