CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 106

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2013

RE:    H.B. No. 222

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 222, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS,"

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.

Your Committee on Conference recognizes the significance of the services and advocacy that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) provides its beneficiaries and acknowledges the need to ensure that OHA has sufficient resources to continue these services.

Your Committee on Conference has provided $250,000 in general funds and $250,000 in trust funds for 'Oiwi Television, Hawaii's first and only Native Hawaiian television station. Your Committee on Conference is cognizant of OHA's focus on educational enrichment programs in the community, especially for Native Hawaiian K-12 programs.  As such, your Committee on Conference has provided $134,430 in general funds and $134,430 in trust funds for OHA to enhance academic services for its beneficiaries.  Your Committee on Conference understands the importance of health care and making health services accessible.  To this end, your Committee on Conference has provided $400,000 in general funds and $400,000 in trust funds in fiscal year 2013-2014 for OHA's direct health services and prevention programs.

     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. 222, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 222, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ BRICKWOOD GALUTERIA, Chair	____________________________ FAYE P. HANOHANO, Co-Chair
____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair	____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair
____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Co-Chair