CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 121

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2011

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1060

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sirs:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1060, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,"

 

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 clarify laws relating to information technology established in Act 200, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010, including:

 

     (1)  Specifying that the Chief Information Officer's (CIO) staff be exempt from civil service, public service, and collective bargaining laws;

 

     (2)  Transferring the Shared Services Technology Special Fund (Special Fund) from the Department of Budget and Finance to the Department of Accounting and General Services;

 

     (3)  Authorizing the CIO and Comptroller to raise funds and accept donations for the Special Fund;

 

     (4)  Requiring the CIO to submit annual reports to the Governor and the Legislature; and

 

     (5)  Appropriating funds to the Special Fund.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Adding a purpose and findings section;

 

     (2)  Clarifying that CIO staff only be exempt from civil service and collective bargaining laws;

 

     (3)  Correcting the name of the Information Technology Steering Committee Trust Account to the Information Technology Trust Account;

 

     (4)  Allowing the CIO to receive donated services and property for which funding is not required;

 

     (5)  Specifying that 3 percent of central service fees be deposited into the Special Fund;

 

     (6)  Appropriating $1,200,000 from the Special Fund to fund the operations of the CIO and Information Technology Steering Committee;

 

     (7)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2011; and

 

     (8)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 1060, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1060, H.D. 1, 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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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair

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DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair