CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 73

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 1375

H.D. 2

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

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. 1375, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE OF HAWAII MUSEUM OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY,"

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 support the State of Hawaii Museum of Natural and Cultural History (State Museum) by:

(1) Beginning with the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium, requiring the Governor to include in the Executive Budget no less than $2,000,000 per fiscal year as a recurring cost for the State Museum; and

(2) Appropriating funds for each year of fiscal biennium 2019-

2021 to support the work of the State Museum, including collection care and student learning programs.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting the requirement that funding for the State Museum be included in the Executive Budget;

(2) Appropriating $874,000 for each year of fiscal biennium 2019-2021 to support the State Museum, including the hiring of necessary staff; provided that funds appropriated shall be in addition to and shall not supplant any portion of the base budget of the Department of Budget and Finance (B&F) for the State Museum;

(3) Changing the expending agency to B&F;

(4) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2019; and

(5) 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. 1375, 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. 1375, 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

____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI Chair	____________________________ RICHARD H.K. ONISHI Co-Chair
____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN Co-Chair	____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE Co-Chair
	____________________________ DANIEL HOLT Co-Chair