Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1339, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

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 bill is to recognize the semi-autonomous status of the county water supply boards (boards) by limiting to the water boards the authority to assess, impose, levy, and collect impact fees for any development involving water supply or service. Currently, this authority rests with the counties.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill to specify the purpose for which any unrefunded amounts of impact fees may be used by requiring that moneys deposited into:

The intent of these amendments is to make these expenditure provisions consistent with other provisions of this bill.

Technical, nonsubstantive amendments have also been made for purposes of clarity and consistency.

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. 1339, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1339, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.