CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 70
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2015
RE: H.B. No. 1010
H.D. 1
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. 1010, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE COMMUTER BENEFITS PROGRAM,"
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.
Your Committee on Conference finds that the use of commuter benefits programs will promote alternative forms of transportation, resulting in the reduction of traffic congestion, greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, and the State's reliance on imported fossil fuel, and lead to an enhanced quality of life for the State's commuters.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:
(1) Including transportation furnished by an employer at no cost or low cost, as determined by the designated authority, to employees in a vanpool, bus, or similar multi-passenger vehicle operated by or for the employer as one of the specified commuter benefits options;
(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2015; and
(3) 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. 1010, 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. 1010, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair
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____________________________ HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Co-Chair
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____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Co-Chair
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____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Co-Chair
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____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ TY J.K. CULLEN, Co-Chair
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____________________________ BREENE HARIMOTO, Co-Chair |
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