CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 180-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2186

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

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. 2186, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL LAND TRANSFER,"

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) Direct the conveyance of certain lands used for public schools and owned by the counties of Kauai and Maui, the State, and the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Department of Education;

(2) Require legislative approval prior to the sale, gift, or alienation of the fee simple title to lands owned by the Department of Education; and

(3) Appropriate funds to the Department of Education to effectuate the transfer of the lands and to manage the real property.

Your Committee on Conference finds that the Department of Education has invested significant funds on maintenance and capital improvement projects for new school facilities. Your Committee on Conference further finds that non-unified ownership of the land under existing Department of Education schools and offices complicates redevelopment and improvements. Accordingly, this measure provides the Department with the requisite flexibility to redevelop and improve its assets in a timely and efficient manner by consolidating all land underlying existing public schools under the ownership of the Department of Education.

Your Committee on Conference notes that the intent of this measure is to transfer ownership of lands underlying Department of Education schools to the Department, and, where applicable and in the discretion of the Department, this intent may be accomplished through the conveyance of a portion or portions of the parcels identified by this measure, following subdivision of the same.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Adding an alternate conveyance method of transfer by operation of law and clarifying the Department of Education's discretion in electing to obtain ownership of all or a portion of the identified parcels;

(2) Clarifying the list of parcels to be transferred;

(3) Inserting an appropriation amount of $500,000; and

(4) Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2022.

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. 2186, 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. 2186, 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

____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON Co-Chair	____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI Chair
____________________________ DAVID A. TARNAS Co-Chair	____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE Co-Chair
____________________________ STACELYNN K. M. ELI Co-Chair	____________________________ DRU KANUHA Co-Chair