CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 148-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2012

RE:    H.B. No. 2302

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2302, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS,"

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 improve the public housing inventory in the State by:

(1)  Authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds for fiscal year 2012-2013 to fund the renovation of uninhabitable public housing units; and

(2)  Exempting capital improvement projects under this measure from the contest provisions of the Hawaii Public Procurement Code.

     Upon consideration, your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by deleting its contents and inserting provisions that expedite the construction and improvement of public housing units and public infrastructure and address economic revitalization, by temporarily exempting from the state civil service, persons hired or contracted to perform repair, maintenance, or capital improvement projects work on vacant housing units under the jurisdiction of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.

     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. 2302, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2302, H.D. 2, 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

____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair	____________________________ RIDA T.R. CABANILLA, Co-Chair
____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair	____________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Co-Chair
____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Co-Chair	____________________________ KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Co-Chair
	____________________________ MARILYN B. LEE, Co-Chair