CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 35

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2009

RE:    H.B. No. 271

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

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. 271, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY,"

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 allow the Registrar of the Bureau of Conveyances (Registrar) to:

     (1)  Accept electronic documents for recording;

     (2)  Furnish copies of documents and plans in electronic form; and

     (3)  Convert into electronic form documents or information received before the authority to record electronic documents was granted to the Registrar.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2009; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and to conform to drafting 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. 271, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 271, 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

____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair	____________________________ KEN ITO, Co-Chair
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair	____________________________ JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Co-Chair
	____________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Co-Chair
	____________________________ SHARON E. HAR, Co-Chair