CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 168

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2017

RE:    H.B. No. 1231

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

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. 1231, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF,"

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 authorize the Department of Education to retain and reallocate funds to offset incurred disaster relief expenses.

     Specifically, this measure:

     (1)  Authorizes the Department of Education to retain appropriations and reimbursements for disaster relief expenses until the end of the following fiscal biennium; and

     (2)  Credits federal disaster relief reimbursement funds to the Department of Education when the Department expends Department funds for purposes deemed reimbursable by federal moneys, regardless of whether the original appropriation for the Department funds has lapsed.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2017.

     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. 1231, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1231, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI Chair	____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON Co-Chair
____________________________ BREENE HARIMOTO Co-Chair	____________________________ TY J.K. CULLEN Co-Chair