CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 106

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2007

RE:    S.B. No. 1402

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam and 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. 1402, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LOSS MITIGATION GRANT FUND,"

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 promote the installation of wind resistive devices for homes by appropriating funds out of the Loss Mitigation Grant Fund to be used for the purposes of the Loss

Mitigation Grant Program.

     The measure also makes the installation of residential safe rooms eligible for loss mitigation grant funds.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that Act 5, Special Session, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005 (Act 5), appropriated $2,000,000 for the Loss Mitigation Grant Program to provide grants for the installation of wind resistive devices for dwellings.  The funds, however, have since lapsed due to the time consuming development of technical standards and program guidelines needed to administer the program.

     This measure re-appropriates funds under Act 5 to allow the grants to be awarded as intended under the original Loss Mitigation Grant Program and for the installation of residential safe rooms.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Appropriating $2,000,000 out of the Loss Mitigation Grant Program; and

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2007.

     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. 1402, 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. 1402, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Co-Chair	____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair
____________________________ MARILYN B. LEE, Co-Chair	____________________________ SHAN S. TSUTSUI, Co-Chair