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. 1877, H.D. 1, entitled:

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 clarify that the Office of Planning shall report exclusively to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (Department) and that the Department shall have sole jurisdiction over land and state planning functions.

The measure also prohibits the transfer of any of these offices or functions to any other department by executive order and establishes that the position of Director of the Office of Planning is to be filled by appointment by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

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. 1877, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1877, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.