CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 102

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 1592

S.D. 1

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. 1592, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE PLANNING,"

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) Establish a 2050 task force to review the Hawaii state plan and other fundamental components of community planning and to develop recommendations on creating the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan; and

(2) Request the Auditor to prepare the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan, which will define and implement state goals, objectives, policies, and priority guidelines by incorporating some or all of the recommendations of the Hawaii 2050 task force.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting an appropriation amount of $25,000 for the review and recommendations of the Hawaii state plan and other fundamental components of community planning to be performed by the 2050 task force;

(2) Inserting an appropriation amount of $75,000 for creating the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan; and

(3) 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. 1592, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1592, S.D. 1, 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

____________________________ Robert N. Herkes, Co-Chair		____________________________ Russell S. Kokubun, Chair
____________________________ Ezra R. Kanoho, Co-Chair		____________________________ Brian T. Taniguchi, Co-Chair
____________________________ Bob Nakasone, Co-Chair