CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 106-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2008

RE:    S.B. No. 3227

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

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. 3227, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HARBORS,"

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:

     (1)  Expand the authority of the Aloha Tower Development Corporation to assist in the development of the statewide harbors modernization plan by establishing the Harbors Modernization Group;

     (2)  Authorizes the Department of Transportation to issue revenue bonds to finance the harbor improvements; and

     (3)  Appropriates unspecified moneys for the harbor improvement.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by;

     (1)  Appropriating or authorizing, as the case may be, $20,000,000 from harbor revenue bonds for the capital improvement projects at Hana harbor, Maui; and

     (2)  Making technical amendments.

     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. 3227, 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. 3227, 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

____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Co-Chair	____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair
____________________________ KEN ITO, Co-Chair	____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Co-Chair
____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Co-Chair	____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair