CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 48-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2016

RE:    H.B. No. 2034

       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. 2034, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE KAHO‘OLAWE ISLAND RESERVE COMMISSION,"

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 support the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission's restoration and management of the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve by requiring the Commission to submit a financial self-sufficiency and sustainability plan to the Legislature and appropriating funds for Commission activities including restoration and preservation of the Reserve's natural, cultural, and historic resources and its continued safe and meaningful use. 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting an appropriation amount of $450,000; and

     (2)  Changing its 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. 2034, 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. 2034, 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

____________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair	____________________________ KANIELA ING, Co-Chair
____________________________ MIKE GABBARD, Co-Chair	____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Co-Chair
____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Co-Chair	____________________________ NICOLE E. LOWEN, Co-Chair