CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 61-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2012

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1892

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

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. 1892, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION,"

 

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 ensure that the Reapportionment Commission has adequate funding to effectively carry out its mission by:

 

     (1)  Placing the Reapportionment Commission within the Office of Elections for administrative purposes only; and

 

     (2)  Requiring the Chief Election Officer, during each regular legislative session that immediately precedes an apportionment year, to request an appropriation for the Reapportionment Commission.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Making it effective upon its approval; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes 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. 1892, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1892, S.D. 1, 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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CLAYTON HEE, Chair

 

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Co-Chair

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MICHELLE KIDANI, Co-Chair

 

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MARILYN B. LEE, Co-Chair