CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 98-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2150

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2150, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY,"

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 supplemental funds for the operating and capital improvement budget of the Judiciary for fiscal years (FY) 2017-2018 and 2018-2019.

The Judiciary submitted a supplemental budget that totaled:

	FY 2018	FY 2019
General Funds	$163,038,964	$164,665,936
All Means of Financing	$175,679,611	$177,306,583

The Judiciary submitted a capital improvement budget that totaled:

	FY 2018	FY 2019
General Funds	$7,750,000	$20,480,000

Your Committee on Conference has amended the supplemental budget to appropriate:

	FY 2018	FY 2019
General Funds	$163,038,964	$163,995,179
All Means of Financing	$175,679,611	$176,635,826

Your Committee on Conference has further amended this budget to appropriate the following in capital improvement funds:

	FY 2018	FY 2019
General Funds	$7,750,000	$8,500,000

CAPITAL BUDGET

Your Committee on Conference recognizes the need to address health and safety at the Kauai Judiciary Complex. Therefore, your Committee appropriates $1,100,000 for fiscal year 2018-2019 in general obligation bond funds to reroof and repair leaks at the Kauai Judiciary Complex, Kauai.

Your Committee on Conference also appropriates $5,800,000 for fiscal year 2018-2019 in general obligation bond funds to provide furnishings and equipment for the Kona Judiciary Complex, Hawaii.

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 S.B. No. 2150, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2150, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO Co-Chair	____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI Chair
____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE Co-Chair	____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ Co-Chair