CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 97-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2012

RE:    S.B. No. 2335

       H.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

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. 2335, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS,"

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 require the counties to concurrently process subdivision and special management area use permits under certain conditions to ensure that a special management area use permit is processed before final subdivision approval.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that work on projects has been delayed or stalled due to special management area permitting requirements.  There is a growing backlog on projects as a result of increasing amounts of minor construction projects and a shortage of county personnel in planning offices.  This measure would expedite the process for the issuance of a special management area use permit and ensure the permit before final subdivision approval.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of 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. 2335, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2335, H.D. 2, 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
____________________________ DENNY COFFMAN, Co-Chair	____________________________ MALAMA SOLOMON, Co-Chair
____________________________ SHARON E. HAR, Co-Chair	____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Co-Chair