CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 48-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2025

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

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. 2025, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RESOURCE RECOVERY,"

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:

(1) Authorize the Department of Education (DOE) to issue grants and appropriate funds to establish a Composting Grant Pilot Project in DOE schools; and

(2) Authorize the establishment of a Composting Grant Pilot Project Working Group to develop guidelines and provide oversight for campus composting in conjunction with the Department of Health.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Specifying that $300,000 be appropriated to establish and implement the Composting Grant Pilot Project; and

(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2018.

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. 2025, 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. 2025, 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

____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI Chair	____________________________ CHRIS LEE Co-Chair
____________________________ MIKE GABBARD Co-Chair	____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON Co-Chair
____________________________ KAIALI'I KAHELE Co-Chair	____________________________ NICOLE E. LOWEN Co-Chair