CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 35
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 1473
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
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. 1473, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WAIMANO RIDGE,"
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 ensure the health, safety, and well being of communities surrounding the Waimano Ridge area on Oahu by:
(1) Prohibiting any state or county agency, commission, or department from granting, approving, or issuing any lease or permit that authorizes new or expanded use, or further development, of existing leased lands or facilities on state-owned land in the Waimano Ridge area until a master plan is developed, communicated to area residents, and the public health, well-being, and safety is assured;
(2) Establishing a process, and requiring public input, for the Department of Health (DOH) to draft the master plan; and
(3) Requiring DOH to prepare and disseminate an annual report describing the activities on Waimano Ridge, including certain details on the tests and programs being conducted there as well as details on the public informational meetings conducted.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting the provision, and any references thereto, that prohibits any state or county agency, commission, or department from granting, approving, or issuing any lease or permit that authorizes new or expanded use, or further development, of existing leased lands or facilities on state-owned land in the Waimano Ridge area until a master plan is developed, communicated to area residents, and the public health, well-being, and safety is assured;
(2) Deleting the provision regarding a specific process by which DOH shall gather public input on the draft of the master plan;
(3) Deleting the annual report of activities on Waimano Ridge by the DOH;
(4) Requiring DOH to give ninety days prior notice to the local neighborhood board and the members of the Legislature from the affected districts and obtain approval of the Governor for any use of state-owned land under its jurisdiction in the Waimano Ridge area prior to use of the land as a sex offender treatment facility, drug treatment facility, state laboratory, or any other uses;
(5) Requiring DOH to submit an updated master plan to the Legislature; and
(6) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2005.
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. 1473, 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. 1473, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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____________________________ Ezra R. Kanoho, Co-Chair |
____________________________ Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair |
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____________________________ Jon Riki Karamatsu, Co-Chair |
____________________________ Russell S. Kokubun, Co-Chair |
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