CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 47-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2782

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

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. 2782, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE FUNDING OF A HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN,"

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 provide the Department of Land and Natural Resources with the same financial flexibility afforded through federal guidelines regarding habitat conservation plans.

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the state Department of Land and Natural Resources jointly administer habitat conservation plans. Your Committee on Conference finds that those plans are administered and managed most effectively when the financial tools available for implementation are consistent at both the federal and state levels. Your Committee on Conference believes this measure provides that needed consistency.

Your Committee on Conference amended the measure by:

(1) Retaining the term "impact" in paragraph (1) of section 195D-4(g), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to conform with the accepted use of that term throughout the State's Endangered Species Act; and

(2) Deleting the defective effective date of July 1, 2010 and making the measure effective upon approval.

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. 2782, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2782, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, 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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EZRA KANOHO, Co-Chair

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Co-Chair

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HERMINA M. MORITA, Co-Chair

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Co-Chair