CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 132-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
H.D. 1
S.D. 3
C.D. 1
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
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. 2840, H.D. 1, S.D. 3, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENHANCING ECONOMIC DIVERSITY,"
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) Appropriate a portion of the matching funds necessary for the Hawaii Community Development Authority to receive grant moneys from the United States Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration in order to conduct economic master planning for Kalaeloa; and
(2) Establish the Hawaii 3Ts School Technology Laboratories Fund, outside the state treasury, for the continuation and expansion of the Project EAST (environmental and spatial technology) initiative in Hawaii's public schools and making an appropriation for this Fund.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting part I, relating to making an appropriation for a portion of the matching funds to conduct economic master planning for Kalaeloa;
(2) Expanding the purpose section to give further information on Project EAST and its importance as an economic initiative;
(3) Identifying the Economic Development Alliance of Hawaii, Inc., a Hawaii nonprofit organization, as the administrator of the Hawaii 3Ts School Technology Laboratories Fund and establishing the Hawaii 3Ts School Technology Laboratories Fund as a separate fund of the Economic Development Alliance of Hawaii, Inc.;
(4) Establishing the various responsibilities of the Economic Development Alliance of Hawaii, Inc., which includes expending moneys from this Fund in a manner consistent with the criteria and recommendations of the Hawaii 3Ts School Technology Laboratories Board;
(5) Amending the provision relating to the investment of moneys in the Hawaii 3Ts School Technology Laboratories Fund to require the Economic Development Alliance of Hawaii, Inc., to exercise ordinary business care and prudence in managing the moneys in the Fund by evaluating both the short-term and long-term needs of the Fund;
(6) Requiring that for every dollar granted to a recipient by the Hawaii 3Ts School Technology Laboratories Fund, a minimum of 50 cents in value, in the form of in kind services or matching funds, shall come from private, federal, county, or community sources;
(7) Requiring the Economic Development Alliance of Hawaii, Inc., to submit, by December 1 of each year, an annual report for approval to the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism regarding the activities of the Hawaii 3Ts School Technology Laboratories Fund and requiring the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to transmit this report along with its recommendations to the Legislature for review;
(8) Removing provisions authorizing the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to employ a coordinator to assist in the operations of the Hawaii 3Ts School Technology Laboratories Fund and making an appropriation to fund this position; and
(9) Deleting the appropriation for the Hawaii 3Ts School Technology Laboratories Fund.
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. 2840, H.D. 1, S.D. 3, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2840, H.D. 1, S.D. 3, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair |
EZRA KANOHO, Co-Chair |
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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Co-Chair |
BRIAN SCHATZ, Co-Chair |
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DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair |
SOL P. KAHO`OHALAHALA, Co-Chair |
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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |