CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 19-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2014

RE:    S.B. No. 3121

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

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. 3121, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND,"

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 legislative approval of any exchange of public land for private land by majority vote of both houses of the Legislature.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that existing law subjects any exchange of public land for private land to disapproval by the Legislature by two-thirds vote of either the Senate or the House of Representatives.  Your Committee on Conference believes that by requiring legislative approval rather than disapproval, this measure will require an affirmative action of the Legislature in order to approve any public land exchange.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2014.

     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. 3121, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3121, S.D. 1, 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
____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair	____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Co-Chair