CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 44

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2011

RE:    S.B. No. 2

       S.D. 2

       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. 2, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LAND,"

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 facilitate the establishment of a comprehensive information system for inventorying and maintaining information about the lands of the public land trust described in section 5(f) of the Admission Act and article XII, section 4 of the Hawaii State Constitution.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that the Department of Land and Natural Resources has already collected a substantial amount of information about lands that are in the public trust and established a database of information about these lands.  The focus of this measure is the further study or review of the trust status of those lands to which other state agencies hold title and the disposition of those lands.  This study or review will enable the Department of Land and Natural Resources to verify the accuracy of or make amendments to the trust status of those lands as indicated in the existing database. 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the source of the funds appropriated from the General Fund to the Land Conservation Fund and inserting an appropriation amount of $275,000 for fiscal year 2011-2011 and $85,000 for fiscal year 2012-2013;

     (2)  Deleting the Office of Hawaiian Affairs matching funds requirement;

     (3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2011; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments 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. 2, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2, S.D. 2, 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

____________________________ FAYE HANOHANO, Co-Chair	____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair
____________________________ JERRY L. CHANG, Co-Chair	____________________________ MICHELLE KIDANI, Co-Chair
____________________________ SHARON E. HAR, Co-Chair