CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 113

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 1999

                            RE:   S.B. No. 816
                                  S.D. 1
                                  H.D. 2
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

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. 816, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:  

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CONVENTION CENTER," 

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:

     (1)  Combine the convention center capital special fund with
          the convention center operations special fund;

     (2)  Extend the sunset date of the convention center
          authority from June 30, 1999, to June 30, 2001; and

     (3)  Appropriate funds from the consolidated special fund to
          the convention center authority.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure to:

 
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     (1)  Add a purpose section;

     (2)  Amend four additional sections in the Hawaii Revised
          Statutes to combine the two special funds;

     (3)  Authorize the authority to waive or substantially
          discount any payment of the convention center for a
          specific event whenever the authority determines that
          the waiver or discount is in the best interest of the
          convention center facility or the State by attracting
          new tourist markets or conventioneers;

     (4)  Specify that reimbursement of the general fund for debt
          service on general obligation bonds or reimbursable
          general obligation bonds for the Hawaii convention
          center be in accordance with a schedule determined by
          the director of finance, with the approval of the
          governor, in the best interest of the State;

     (5)  Extend the sunset date of the convention center
          authority from June 30, 1999, to June 30, 2000;

     (6)  Require the Auditor to continue to audit and monitor
          the progress of the convention center authority in
          resolving various outstanding issues, with a report to
          the legislature by February 28, 2000;

     (7)  Clarify the effective dates of the respective sections
          of the Act; and

     (8)  Make a technical, nonsubstantive amendment to conform
          to preferred drafting style.

     Your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent
and purpose of S.B. No. 816, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 816, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted,

MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE        MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE
            HOUSE                             SENATE
                                   
                                   
                                   
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JERRY L. CHANG, Co-Chair           LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Co-Chair

 
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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Co-Chair       CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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LEI AHU ISA, Member                DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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NATHAN SUZUKI, Member              BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Member
                                   
                                   
                                   
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COLLEEN MEYER, Member              SAM SLOM, Member


 
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