CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 151

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2013

RE:    S.B. No. 722

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam and Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 722, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GOVERNMENT,"

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 Department of Accounting and General Services to coordinate efforts to establish a complete inventory of state-owned or managed public buildings, facilities, and sites on lands of the public land trust.

     Act 54, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011, establishes a comprehensive information system for public lands to be used for the inventory and maintenance of information relating to the public land trust, also known as ceded lands, and other state lands.  All state and county agencies are directed to assist the Department of Land and Natural Resources in facilitating the establishment of the comprehensive information system for public lands.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that the inventory required to be taken and information to be maintained are important tools to assist the State to manage its assets.  Insufficient information on underutilized public facilities exacerbates lost revenues for the State, so it is important that all state and county agencies work together to ensure that state facilities are used to their fullest potential.

     It is not the intent of your Committee on Conference that this measure be interpreted as requiring the Department of Land and Natural Resources to transfer hardware, if such transfer would impose undue hardship on the Department's State Lands Information Management System (SLIMS), which is an essential tool of the Department to manage lands under its jurisdiction.  Your Committee on Conference emphasizes that, what is important is that the information be transferred in a suitable format.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Specifying in the purpose section that the purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Land and Natural Resources to expand the scope of the comprehensive information system and adding to the purpose section a reference to 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;

     (2)  Inserting language to require the Department of Accounting and General Services to incorporate the inventory of public buildings, facilities, and sites together with the public land trust inventory and the public land trust information system;

(3) Inserting language to require all state agencies to transfer to the Department of Accounting and General Services all programs and hardware associated with the inventory;

     (4)  Inserting an appropriation amount of $250,000 for fiscal year 2013-2014 only for the Department of Accounting and General Services to coordinate the inventory of public buildings, facilities, and sites and for the creation of a comprehensive system for asset management;

     (5)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2013; and

     (6)  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. 722, 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. 722, 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

____________________________ CINDY EVANS, Co-Chair	____________________________ MALAMA SOLOMON, Chair
____________________________ FAYE P. HANOHANO, Co-Chair	____________________________ BRICKWOOD GALUTERIA, Co-Chair
____________________________ NICOLE E. LOWEN, Co-Chair	____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Co-Chair
	____________________________ RONALD D. KOUCHI, Co-Chair