CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 133-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2016

RE:    H.B. No.  2037

       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. 2037, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE WORLD CONSERVATION CONGRESS,"

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 appropriate funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to host the International Union for Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress meeting at the Hawaii Convention Center on September 1 to 10, 2016.

     Your Committee on Conference hopes that in response to the support offered that the State of Hawaii will be given a prominent role at the meeting, and that its local vendors will be highlighted.   Your Committee on Conference also expects that the Department of Land and Natural Resources will seek matching funds from other sources to accomplish the goals of this measure.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting language from the preamble;

     (2)  Changing the appropriation amount to $4,000,000;

     (3)  Changing the appropriation to fiscal year 2015-2016 and extending its lapse date to June 30, 2017;

     (4)  Removing the provisions that required matching private funds; and

     (5)  Changing its effective date to upon approval.

     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. 2, 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. 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
____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Co-Chair	____________________________ TOM BROWER, Co-Chair
____________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA, Co-Chair	____________________________ TY J.K. CULLEN, Co-Chair