CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 93

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2009

RE:    S.B. No. 1206

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

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. 1206, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COUNTIES,"

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 specify that, in a county with a population of at least 500,000 people, a county board of water supply may issue revenue bonds in its own name if so authorized under the county charter.

     The intent of your Committee on Conference is to enable the various county boards of water supply to issue revenue bonds, in counties with a population of at least five hundred thousand persons.  Your Committee finds that current economic conditions make it necessary to develop additional sources of funds for the acquisition and distribution of potable water.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Restructuring the amending language to clarify that all boards in counties with a population of 500,000 persons or more are authorized to issue revenue bonds in the board's own name, if authorized to do so by county charter; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and 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 S.B. No. 1206, 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. 1206, 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

____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair	____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair
	____________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM, Co-Chair