CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 77

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

 

RE:    S.B. No. 996

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 2

       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. 996, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ETHICS,"

 

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 an unspecified amount for fiscal year 2015-2016 to the State Ethics Commission to design and develop a system that allows filers to electronically file required statements and reports with the Commission.

 

     Your Committee on Conference finds that this measure will enable the State Ethics Commission to allow filers to electronically file their required statements and reports by appropriating funds for a new electronic filing system.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting an appropriation amount of $130,000 to the State Ethics Commission to design and develop an electronic filing system; and

 

     (2)  Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2015.

 

     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. 996, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 996, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, 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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JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA, Co-Chair

 

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GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair

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SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair

 

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GIL RIVIERE, Co-Chair