CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 49

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 1267

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

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. 1267, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SHARK MONITORING,"

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 take steps to counter the growing incidents of shark attacks in Hawaii by providing funding to tag and monitor sharks along the leeward coast of Oahu.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Making the measure effective on July 1, 2005; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for 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 S.B. No. 1267, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1267, 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

______________________________ Ezra R. Kanoho, Co-Chair		____________________________ Russell S. Kokubun, Chair
______________________________ Felipe P. Abinsay Jr., Co-Chair		____________________________ Brian T. Taniguchi, Co-Chair
______________________________ Michael Y. Magaoay, Co-Chair