CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 132-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2016

RE:    H.B. No. 2029

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2029, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WATER INFRASTRUCTURE LOANS,"

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 establish the Water Infrastructure Loan Program to enable private entities to purchase or install water infrastructure equipment for water distribution systems.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the appropriation amounts to $800,000;

     (2)  Deleting the appropriation for the implementation of the Hawaii Water Infrastructure Loan Program; and

     (3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2016.

     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. 2029, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2029, H.D. 1, 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

____________________________ MIKE GABBARD, Chair	____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Co-Chair
____________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Co-Chair	____________________________ TY J.K. CULLEN, Co-Chair