CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 110-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2455

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. 2455, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM FOR THE 2018 GANNENMONO CELEBRATION,"

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 celebrate the one-hundred fiftieth anniversary of the arrival of the first group of organized Japanese immigrants in Hawaii, known as Gannenmono, by appropriating funds to the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism for the 2018 Gannenmono celebration.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Appropriating $150,000 to the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism for the 2018 Gannenmono celebration;

(2) Changing its effective date to upon its approval; and

(3) 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. 2455, 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. 2455, 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

____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI Chair	____________________________ MATTHEW S. LOPRESTI Co-Chair
____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN Co-Chair	____________________________ BETH FUKUMOTO Co-Chair