CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 114-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2010

RE:    S.B. No. 2828

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 3

       C.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

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. 2828, S.D. 1, H.D. 3, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

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 clarify the law for determining school impact fees for financing new public educational facilities or expanding existing public educational facilities.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that an increasing amount of residential development generates an increased demand for public school facilities.  This measure clarifies existing school impact fee laws to improve the accuracy and appropriateness of information used to determine school impact fees and create a more equitable assessment of school impact fees.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the time at which the Department of Education is required to prepare various components of an impact fee analysis from upon the designation of a school impact district to prior to the designation of a school impact district;

     (2)  Changing the effective date from July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2010; and

     (3)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive change for the purposes of 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 S.B. No. 2828, S.D. 1, H.D. 3, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2828, S.D. 1, H.D. 3, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Co-Chair	____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair
____________________________ KEN ITO, Co-Chair	____________________________ SHAN S. TSUTSUI, Co-Chair
____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Co-Chair