CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. -0 148-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 2575
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
C.D. 1
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. 2575, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A BASELINE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY OF THE WAIANAE COAST OCEAN AREA,"
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 Act is to appropriate moneys for the completion of a baseline environmental study of the Waianae coast ocean area.
Pursuant to Act 6, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, the Legislature required the Department of Land and Natural Resources to prepare a baseline environmental study of the area from Kalaeloa point to Kaena point for the purpose of designating the boundaries of and adopting rules for an ocean recreation management area. However, the study was not completed due to a lack of funding.
Your Committee on Conference understands that the cumulative economic, environmental, social, and cultural impacts of the growing west Oahu population and visitor industry remain matters of great concern to the communities along the Waianae coast. This measure will enable the Department of Land and Natural Resources to complete the baseline environmental study.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:
(1) Inserting the amount of $120,000 into the appropriation for the completion of the baseline environmental study; and
(2) Making it effective on July 1, 2006.
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. 2575, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2575, S.D. 2, 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 |
____________________________ RUSSELL S. KOKUBUN, Chair |
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____________________________ HERMINA MORITA, Co-Chair |
____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ MELE CARROLL, Co-Chair |
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
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