CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 122

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2007

RE:    S.B. No. 810

       S.D. 2

       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. 810, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WAIMANO RIDGE,"

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 facilitate the establishment of a "totally integrated community" on the state-owned Waimano Ridge lands by:

     (1)  Appropriating funds for:

          (a)  The Waimano Ridge Task Force operating expenses;

          (b)  Updating the Waimano Ridge comprehensive master plan; and

          (c)  One permanent, full-time Waimano Ridge facilities manager position; and

     (2)  Authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds for building demolition and water system upgrade and building improvement projects on Waimano Ridge lands.

     Your Committee on Conference amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting the appropriation amount of $150,000 for the task force operating expenses;

     (2)  Deleting the appropriation sections for the master plan and the manager position;

     (3)  Deleting the section authorizing the issuance of general revenue bonds; and

     (4)  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. 810, 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. 810, S.D. 2, 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

____________________________ JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Co-Chair	____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Chair
____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Co-Chair	____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair