CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO.101

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 2000

                            RE:   S.B. No. 2108
                                  S.D. 2
                                  H.D. 2
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
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. 2108, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:  

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LAND TRUST," 

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 require the Auditor to
initiate and coordinate an inventory of lands within the Public
Land Trust (Trust) by:

     (1)  Establishing a comprehensive Trust inventory of all
          lands within section 5(f) of the Admission Act, which
          will identify all lands of the Trust and document title
          history for those parcels alienated or acquired since
          Statehood in 1959;


 
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     (2)  Facilitating the establishment of a Trust information
          system consisting of the Trust inventory and detailed
          information about each of the parcels; and

     (3)  Consulting with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs on:

          (A)  Developing recommendations to the Legislature;

          (B)  Specifications for obtaining contractors'
               services; and

          (C)  Executing all other responsibilities imposed by
               the measure.

     Delayed for years, your Committee finds that work on a
comprehensive and accurate inventory must begin immediately to
ensure that:

     (1)  The State meets its fiduciary responsibility as the
          trustee of the Trust; and

     (2)  The obligations under section 5(f) of the Admission Act
          are fulfilled.

     Your Committee has amended the measure by inserting $250,000
as the amount to be matched by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and
appropriated to the Auditor to complete the inventory and the
other purposes of the measure.

     Your Committee also recommends that the Department of Land
and Natural Resources utilize a portion of the Special Land and
Development Fund or any other moneys at the Department's disposal
to assist in the funding of the Auditor's activities authorized
under this measure.

     Your Committee finds that the Legislature has been asking
for a computerized, comprehensive public land trust inventory for
a decade.  Unfortunately, due to numerous reasons, no such
inventory currently exists.  Your Committee believes that placing
the coordination of public land trust inventory activities in the
hands of a neutral and well-respected entity such as the Auditor
would facilitate a more expeditious resolution to the problems
surrounding the public land trust.

     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. 2108, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and

 
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recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto
as S.B. No. 2108, 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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Rep. ERIC G. HAMAKAWA             Sen. COLLEEN HANABUSA
Co-Chair                          Co-Chair



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Rep. ROMY M. CACHOLA              Sen. CAROL FUKUNAGA
Co-Chair                          Co-Chair



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Rep. EZRA R. KANOHO               Sen. ANDREW LEVIN
Co-Chair                          Co-Chair

 
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