CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 186

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2017

RE:    H.B. No. 627

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       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. 627, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS,"

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 a regulatory framework to increase economic development in the State through collaboration between the public and private sector by:

(1)  Authorizing the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT) to establish and fill one permanent state private-public partnership coordinator position;

(2)  Establishing within DBEDT an Office of Public-Private Partnership with specified duties, including, among other things:

(A)  Creating a strategic plan;

(B)  Coordinating collaboration among state agencies to analyze and develop public-private partnership projects based on the needs and goals of the agency and State;

(C)  Developing and analyzing plans for future public-private partnership projects; and

(D)  Initiating the redevelopment of Aloha Stadium as its initial private-public partnership; and

(3)  Appropriating funds for each year of fiscal biennium 2017-2019 to establish and fill the state public-private partnership coordinator position, establish and operate the Office of Public-Private Partnership, and initiate Aloha Stadium redevelopment.

     Your Committee on Conference believes that public-private partnerships will create opportunities for synergy and to grow and expand government services and activities beyond those currently provided with increased public satisfaction.  Your Committee on Conference clarifies and emphasizes that the intent of this measure is to create those synergies between the public and private sectors and it is not the intent of this measure to adversely impact current government services nor to actively seek opportunities to privatize existing services historically provided by government employees.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1)  Describing the coordinator's position as a full-time equivalent (1.00 FTE) state public-private partnership coordinator position;

(2)  Appropriating $150,000 for each year of fiscal biennium 2017-2019 for the state public-private partnership coordinator position and to establish and operate the Office of Public-Private Partnership;

(3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2017; and

(4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 627, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 627, H.D. 2, 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

____________________________ GLENN WAKAI Chair	____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA Co-Chair
____________________________ KAIALI'I KAHELE Co-Chair	____________________________ JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA Co-Chair
____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ Co-Chair	____________________________ TY J.K. CULLEN Co-Chair