CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 19-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1588

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

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. 1588, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAZARD MITIGATION,"

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) Establish the Resilient Hawaii Revolving Loan Fund to make low- or no-interest loans to local governments and nonprofit organizations to conduct hazard mitigation and resiliency projects, using funds anticipated to be available under the federal Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation Act; and

(2) Appropriate funds to administer the Resilient Hawaii Revolving Loan Fund and for positions to administer the Resilient Hawaii Revolving Loan Fund.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting an appropriation amount of $500,000 into and out of the Resilient Hawaii Revolving Loan Fund;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2022; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of 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. 1588, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1588, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ LYNN DECOITE Chair	____________________________ STACELYNN K. M. ELI Co-Chair
____________________________ BENNETTE MISALUCHA Co-Chair	____________________________ AMY A. PERRUSO Co-Chair