CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 72-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2014

RE:    H.B. No. 866

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       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. 866, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SEWER SYSTEMS SERVICING ON HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS,"

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 provide for the proper operation and maintenance of critical infrastructure servicing Hawaiian home lands by:

     (1)  Affirming the counties' jurisdiction over and responsibility for existing sewer transmission lines and other sewerage facilities servicing Hawaiian home lands and specifying certain operational duties of the counties; and

     (2)  Requiring the counties to accept the license or dedication and ownership of any additional sewer transmission lines and sewerage facilities servicing Hawaiian home lands upon demand by the department of Hawaiian home lands, subject to compliance with federal, state, and local environmental, design, and construction requirements.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by specifying that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands shall be responsible for bringing sewer lines and sewerage facilities into compliance with all applicable environmental, design, and construction requirements prior to acceptance of license or dedication and ownership by the counties.

     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. 866, 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. 866, 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

____________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair	____________________________ CINDY EVANS, Co-Chair
____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Co-Chair	____________________________ FAYE P. HANOHANO, Co-Chair
____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Co-Chair	____________________________ SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Co-Chair