CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 95

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 1548

H.D. 1

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. 1548, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RAPID OHIA DEATH,"

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 funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to study and combat rapid ohia death.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting an appropriation amount of $750,000 for fiscal year 2019-2020;

(2) Deleting language which would have appropriated funds for fiscal year 2020-2021; and

(3) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2019.

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. 1548, 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. 1548, 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

____________________________ KAIALI'I KAHELE Chair	____________________________ NICOLE E. LOWEN Co-Chair
____________________________ MIKE GABBARD Co-Chair	____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE Co-Chair
____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE Co-Chair	____________________________ CHRIS TODD Co-Chair