CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2007

RE:    S.B. No. 870

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 2

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

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF A HAWAII ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA SURVEY,"

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:

     (1)  Establish and designate an archaeological data survey as an online database program of the State of Hawaii Museum of Natural and Cultural History, beginning with the collections of Bishop Museum; and

     (2)  Authorize the Museum, in consultation with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Department of Land and Natural Resources, to withhold from the database, either temporarily or permanently, information that may pose a threat to the protection of valuable archaeological sites and artifacts.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that requiring a consensus of the three entities to determine what information may be withheld from the data survey will ensure protection for vulnerable artifacts and sites that may be threatened with harm or degradation should information about them be readily available.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by making the bill effective upon 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. 870, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 870, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ KEN ITO, Co-Chair	____________________________ CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair
____________________________ PONO CHONG, Co-Chair