CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 142-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2010

RE:    H.B. No. 2845

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

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. 2845, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LANDS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE,"

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 Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC) to resell affordable dwelling units on non-ceded lands without being delayed by the legislative approval requirements of Act 176, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009 (Act 176), by exempting the fee simple resale of these units or lots to eligible homeowners from the legislative approval requirements of Act 176.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing the effective date to upon its approval;

(2)  Clarifying that lands exempted are the lands not classified as government or crown lands previous to August 15, 1895, or exchanged subsequent to August 15, 1895, for lands classified as government or crown lands previous to August 15, 1895; and

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

     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. 2845, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2845, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair	____________________________ KEN ITO, Co-Chair
____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Co-Chair	____________________________ RIDA CABANILLA, Co-Chair
	____________________________ SHARON E. HAR, Co-Chair