CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 17

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2011

RE:    S.B. No. 142

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 142, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DAMS AND RESERVOIRS,"

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 protect Hawaii's water resources by establishing safeguards and mechanisms to preserve and maintain the State's dams and reservoirs.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that in addition to serving Hawaii's agricultural industry, dams and reservoirs also benefit the general public by providing drinking water, renewable energy through hydropower, and flood control and drainage for public safety.  By recognizing that the maintenance of dams and reservoirs is necessary for their continued operation, this measure enables the Board of Land and Natural Resources to give due consideration to the critical importance of dams and reservoirs to the State in the Department's administration of the dam and reservoir safety program.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing its effective date to upon approval.

     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. 142, 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. 142, 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

____________________________ JERRY L. CHANG, Co-Chair	____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair
____________________________ CLIFT TSUJI, Co-Chair	____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair
____________________________ SHARON E. HAR, Co-Chair