CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 202

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2007

RE:    H.B. No. 1529

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1529, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

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 open the door to higher education opportunities by establishing two scholarship programs in honor of United States Senator Hiram L. Fong and United States Senator Oren E. Long, respectively, to be administered by the University of Hawaii (UH).

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the appropriation for UH to establish an endowment trust to fund the Senator Hiram L. Fong Scholarship to $50,000;

     (2)  Changing the appropriation for UH to establish an endowment trust to fund the Senator Oren E. Long Scholarship to $50,000; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and 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 H.B. No. 1529, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1529, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair	____________________________ JERRY L. CHANG, Co-Chair
____________________________ SHAN S. TSUTSUI, Co-Chair	____________________________ MARILYN B. LEE, Co-Chair