Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 3235, H.D. 1, S.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 bill is to support Oahu-based symphony music by appropriating funds for the State of Hawaii Endowment Fund, provided that the funds are matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis with private funds.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation amount to $4,000,000;

(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2006; and

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 H.B. No. 3235, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3235, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.