CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 124-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2014

RE:    H.B. No. 2037

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

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. 2037, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROJECT KEALAHOU,"

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 and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Health for the continued funding of Project Kealahou.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Specifying that the sum of $216,000 be appropriated to fund Project Kealahou;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2014; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 2037, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2037, H.D. 1, 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

____________________________ JOSH GREEN, Chair	____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Co-Chair
____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Co-Chair	____________________________ DEE MORIKAWA, Co-Chair