CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. 128-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 2703
H.D. 1
S.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
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. 2703, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IMPACT FEES,"
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 allow the counties to assess, impose, levy, and collect impact fees for State highway improvements. This measure further establishes a highway development special fund, to be administered by the State Department of Transportation, into which the counties shall transfer the impact fees collected.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:
(1) Adding a definition of "county" to mean a county having a population in excess of 500,000;
(2) Deleting a provision making the consideration of certain factors related to impact fees permissive rather than mandatory;
(3) Restoring language specifying that certain factors shall be considered in determining a proportionate share of public facility capital improvement costs;
(4) Restoring language requiring that offsets payable to a developer be considered when enacting or adopting impact fees;
(5) Clarifying the manner in which the needs assessment study shall be undertaken; and
(6) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity 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. 2703, 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. 2703, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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____________________________ CAL KAWAMOTO, Co-Chair |
____________________________ BOB NAKASONE, Chair |
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____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |