Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

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. 2004, S.D. 1, 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 establish the Ahu o Laka state monument and prohibit certain activities there.

Your Committee on Conference finds that there is a balance between preserving this cultural site, preventing future out-of-control gatherings, and allowing recreational visitors to continue to use this area responsibly. Accordingly, your Committee on Conference believes that this measure achieves this balance by requiring the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt rules for the protection and maintenance of the Ahu o Laka state monument.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by making it effective "upon its approval."

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. 2004, 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. 2004, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.